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Synonyms
cheapskate, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
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Preachers began to tell anecdotes about deceitful Jewish misers who consorted with the devil; artists began to visualize such tales in grotesque and frightening detail, endowing their Jewish villains with distinctively fleshy and bestial features. — Sara Lipton, The New York Review of Books, "A Terribly Durable Myth," 17 June 2019 One of his most popular tricks is the miserâs dream. — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, "Lyons Township English teacher also works as Frankie Ace, a magician and comic," 9 July 2018 Universal credit was conceived in the late 2000s as a fairly generous scheme that would establish the Tories as champions of the deserving poor, rather than the misers many working-class voters believed them to be. — The Economist, "Britainâs switch to a âuniversal creditâ is not going well," 31 May 2018 There is little in the MKZ Hybrid that reminds of any Ford product, leaving the owner to benefit from an accommodating fuel miser while enjoying more perks of luxury-car ownership. — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "2018 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid: When mileage and elegance matter," 15 May 2018 About half the roster made only occasional contributions, like a guilty miser chipping into the Salvation Army bucket. — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Cavaliers 2018: It took 45 points by LeBron James to win Game 7 -- Bill Livingston," 29 Apr. 2018 Despite his incredible wealth, the family patriarch was a infamous miser, who kept his fortune in a charitable trust to avoid taxes, but gave little if anything to charity. — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, "All the Money in the World," 25 Dec. 2017 Scottish actor Alastair Sim gives one of the screenâs great performances as Ebeneezer Scrooge, revealing from the start the emotional vulnerability beneath the old miserâs cynical shell. — Arthur Herman, National Review, "The Five Best Christmas Movies Youâve (Probably) Never Seen," 23 Dec. 2017 Abele certainly is resolved to avoid looming cuts in social services and is trying his best to convince the public the County Board is filled with Scrooge-like misers for approving them in the first place. — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Chris Abele makes last-minute appeal for County Board to increase wheel tax instead of cutting spending in 2018," 13 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'miser.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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