Vocabulary

吝嗇

stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; frugal

noun na-adjective

Example sentences

He is very stingy with his money.

Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money.

Accordingly as people become rich, they are apt to be stingy.

The rich are often misers.

It is true he is rich, but he is a miser.

Despite all his wealth, he is stingy.