miser:
(plural: ‘misers‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘mi’ rhyme with the word “my” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a person who loves to earn money and save/hoard it, but never likes to spend it;
a greedy person who is rich but does not like to spend any money — does not want to spend money on luxuries; a skinflint;
a very selfish person who does not like to give away money or things/possessions to others;
a niggard,
Everybody looks down upon Gerald for being a miser and very stingy with his money, but the interesting thing is that everybody goes to him and begs for a loan whenever they need money!
It’s believed that most misers have spendthrift children! (i.e. most misers have children who like to spend money without control or care)
Misers never part with their money or possessions; and some misers even go to the extent of parting form their family rather than part with their money! (i.e. misers don’t want to give away their money, and when they have to choose between money and their friend or relative, they keep their money and leave their friend or realtive)
