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Meanings of
niggard
in inglés
portugués
sovina
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A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
scrooge
churl
skinflint
portugués
sovina
A person who is stingy and miserly.
miser
cheapskate
cheap skate
Synonyms
Examples for "
scrooge
"
scrooge
churl
skinflint
Examples for "
scrooge
"
1
It is
Scrooge
;
-
a
converted
Scrooge
;
and I, I suppose, am Tiny Tim.
2
Obviously, Disney already had their own ready-to-cook central character in
Scrooge
McDuck.
3
So what did his friend John French do for this seasonal
Scrooge
?
4
Scrooge
knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation.
5
Scrooge
looked about him for the Ghost, and saw it no more.
1
My heart lurched with anger; the
churl
might have lowered his voice.
2
In that case I cannot be such a
churl
as to refuse.
3
I should be a
churl
if I did not tell you so.
4
But he is a mannerless
churl
,
we will not think of him.
5
My kinswoman could have received no greater kindness at the
churl
's
hands.
1
Would proper ink cost the old
skinflint
ninepence more per gallon, perhaps?
2
Because I know you, and know that you are a regular
skinflint
.
3
It was a
skinflint
document, and here are a couple of quotations:-
4
This old
skinflint
is opening his bosom and handing me a knife.
5
They do say you are a
skinflint
,
yes, and a hard man.
Usage of
niggard
in inglés
1
Be doubly careful of those to whom nature has been a
niggard
.
2
Miss Grandon might be queer and unsocial, but she was no
niggard
.
3
She was a
niggard
in things which did not concern herself.
4
But money is distributed with a
niggard
hand, and only once a year.
5
Praise or blame of its contriver, shown a
niggard
or profuse
6
I fear lest we seem churlish and
niggard
in his eyes.
7
Are they so precious that I, like a disgusting
niggard
,
should spare them?
8
We can plainly see why nature is prodigal in variety, though
niggard
in innovation.
9
Pixie was no
niggard
in sympathy, but for the moment she had other views.
10
The greatest
niggard
on the street would pay two pins for such a sight.
11
Those who when they spend are neither lavish nor
niggard
,
but keep the mean:-
12
It is a
niggard
's
gift that costs the giver nothing.
13
For once, fortune hath not been a
niggard
with me.
14
Napoleon was prodigal of promises, but
niggard
of their fulfilment.
15
Oh, he was no
niggard
of his crowns, our Emperor!
16
We can, in short, see why nature is prodigal in variety, though
niggard
in innovation.
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niggard
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
niggard hand
niggard nature
disgusting niggard
greatest niggard
grumpy niggard
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Translations for
niggard
portugués
sovina
pão-duro
avarento
Niggard
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Niggard
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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