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miserliness

  • 1 lesina

    lesina s.f.
    1 (artig.) pegging awl, awl
    2 (fig.) (spilorceria) meanness, miserliness: politica della lesina, policy of financial austerity
    3 (persona avara) skinflint, miser.
    * * *
    ['lezina]
    sostantivo femminile awl, punch
    * * *
    lesina
    /'lezina/
    sostantivo f.
    awl, punch.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > lesina

  • 2 spilorceria

    spilorceria s.f. stinginess, miserliness, meanness.
    * * *
    [spilortʃe'ria]
    sostantivo femminile penny-pinching, stinginess, meanness
    * * *
    spilorceria
    /spilort∫e'ria/
    sostantivo f.
    penny-pinching, stinginess, meanness.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > spilorceria

  • 3 gretteria

    1 (meschinità) meanness, shabbiness; (ristrettezza mentale) pettiness, narrow-mindedness
    2 (spilorceria) meanness, miserliness, stinginess.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > gretteria

См. также в других словарях:

  • miserliness — miserly ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the characteristics of a miser. 2) (of a quantity) pitiably small. DERIVATIVES miserliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • miserliness — noun see miserly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • miserliness — See miserly. * * * …   Universalium

  • miserliness — noun The property of being miserly …   Wiktionary

  • miserliness — mi·ser·li·ness || maɪzÉ™lɪnɪs n. cheapness, stinginess …   English contemporary dictionary

  • miserliness — n 1. stinginess, niggardliness, parsimony, penuriousness, churlishness, nearness; meanness, selfishness, tightness, tight fistedness, closefist edness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness; graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • miserliness — mi·ser·li·ness …   English syllables

  • miserliness — See: miserly …   English dictionary

  • miserliness — noun total lack of generosity with money • Derivationally related forms: ↑miserly • Hypernyms: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • miserly — miserliness, n. /muy zeuhr lee/, adj. of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly. [1585 95; MISER + LY] Syn. cheap, parsimonious. See stingy. Ant. generous. * * * …   Universalium

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