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miser
(encz) | miser,lakomec |
Miser
(gcide) | Miser \Mi"ser\ (m[imac]"z[~e]r), n. [L. miser wretched,
miserable; cf. Gr. mi^sos hate, misei^n to hate: cf. It. &
Sp. misero wretched, avaricious.]
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1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great
misfortune. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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The woeful words of a miser now despairing. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having
wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and
increasing his hoard.
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As some lone miser, visiting his store,
Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er.
--Goldsmith.
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4. A stingy person; one very reluctant to spend money.
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5. A kind of large earth auger. --Knight.
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miser
(wn) | miser
n 1: a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living
miserably) |
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miserable
(mass) | miserable
- biedny |
misery
(mass) | misery
- núdza, nešťastie, núdza |
abject misery
(encz) | abject misery,nejhorší bída |
abysmal misery
(encz) | abysmal misery,obrovská bída |
commiserate
(encz) | commiserate,politovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
commiserated
(encz) | commiserated,politoval Jaroslav Šedivý |
commiserating
(encz) | commiserating, |
commiseration
(encz) | commiseration,soucit n: Zdeněk Brož |
commiserations
(encz) | commiserations,politování pl. Zdeněk Brož |
commiserative
(encz) | commiserative,soucitný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compromiser
(encz) | compromiser, |
economiser
(encz) | economiser, n: |
immiserate
(encz) | Immiserate,zbídačování |
immiserating
(encz) | Immiserating,zbídačení |
maximiser
(encz) | maximiser,maximalizovatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
minimiser
(encz) | minimiser, |
miser
(encz) | miser,lakomec |
miserable
(encz) | miserable,bídný adj: miserable,mizerný adj: miserable,nešťastný adj: miserable,ubohý adj: miserable,zbědovaný adj: miserable,zubožený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
miserableness
(encz) | miserableness,ubohost n: Zdeněk Brož |
miserably
(encz) | miserably,zbědovaně adv: |
misericord
(encz) | misericord,miserikordie n: Zdeněk Brož |
miseries
(encz) | miseries,bída n: pl. Zdeněk Brožmiseries,utrpení n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
miserliness
(encz) | miserliness,lakomost n: Zdeněk Brož |
miserly
(encz) | miserly,lakomý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
misers
(encz) | misers,lakomci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
misery
(encz) | misery,bída n: misery,mizérie Zdeněk Brožmisery,neštěstí Zdeněk Brožmisery,nouze Zdeněk Brožmisery,strádání Zdeněk Brožmisery,trápení n: misery,utrpení n: |
misery loves company
(encz) | misery loves company, |
optimiser
(encz) | optimiser,optimalizovatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
promiser
(encz) | promiser, n: |
put out of its misery
(encz) | put out of its misery, |
systemiser
(encz) | systemiser, n: |
the great compromiser
(encz) | the Great Compromiser, n: |
victimiser
(encz) | victimiser, n: |
miserikordie
(czen) | miserikordie,misericordn: Zdeněk Brož |
atomiser
(gcide) | atomiser \atomiser\ n.
1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a
fine spray.
Syn: atomizer, spray
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Commiserable
(gcide) | Commiserable \Com*mis"er*a*ble\, a.
Pitiable. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Commiserate
(gcide) | Commiserate \Com*mis"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.] [L.
commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- +
miserari to pity. See Miserable.]
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
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Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. --Denham.
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We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. --Locke.
Syn: To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
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Commiserated
(gcide) | Commiserate \Com*mis"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.] [L.
commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- +
miserari to pity. See Miserable.]
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
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Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. --Denham.
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We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. --Locke.
Syn: To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
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Commiserating
(gcide) | Commiserate \Com*mis"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.] [L.
commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- +
miserari to pity. See Miserable.]
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
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Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. --Denham.
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We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. --Locke.
Syn: To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
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Commiseration
(gcide) | Commiseration \Com*mis`er*a"tion\, n. [F. commis['e]ration, fr.
L. commiseratio a part of an oration intended to excite
compassion.]
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions,
or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
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And pluck commiseration of his state
From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. --Shak.
Syn: See Sympathy.
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Commiserative
(gcide) | Commiserative \Com*mis"er*a*tive\, a.
Feeling or expressing commiseration. --Todd.
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Commiserator
(gcide) | Commiserator \Com*mis"er*a`tor\, n.
One who pities.
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Compromiser
(gcide) | Compromiser \Com"pro*mi`ser\, n.
One who compromises.
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economiser
(gcide) | economiser \economiser\ n.
a person who economizes and avoids waste.
Syn: economizer.
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measly miserable paltry
(gcide) | Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren;
scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence
of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.
Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager. --Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
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Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
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Miserable
(gcide) | Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, a. [F. mis['e]rable, L. miserabilis,
fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See
Miser.]
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1. Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.
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What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden.
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2. Causing unhappiness or misery.
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What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak.
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3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a
miserable dinner.
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Miserable comforters are ye all. --Job xvi. 2.
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4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Syn: Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.
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A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne.
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Miserableness
(gcide) | Miserableness \Mis"er*a*ble*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being miserable.
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Miserably
(gcide) | Miserably \Mis"er*a*bly\, adv.
In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.
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They were miserably entertained. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. --South.
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Miseration
(gcide) | Miseration \Mis`er*a"tion\, n.
Commiseration. [Obs.]
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Miserere
(gcide) | Miserere \Mis`e*re"re\, n. [L., have mercy, fr. misereri to have
mercy, fr. miser. See Miser.]
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1. (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential
acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It
commences with the word miserere.
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2. A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm.
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Where only the wind signs miserere. --Lowell.
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3. (Arch.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under
side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall).
It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some
support to a worshiper when standing. Called also
misericordia.
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4. (Med.) Same as Ileus.
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Misericorde
(gcide) | Misericorde \Mis"er*i*corde"\, n. [F. mis['e]ricorde. See
Misericordia.]
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1. Compassion; pity; mercy. [Obs.]
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2. (Anc. Armor.) Same as Misericordia, 2.
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Misericordia
(gcide) | Misericordia \Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a\, n. [L., mercy, compassion;
miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart.]
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1. (O. Law) An amercement. --Burrill.
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2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the
Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or
"mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.
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3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a
member of a religious order. --Shipley.
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Miseries
(gcide) | Misery \Mi"ser*y\, n.; pl. Miseries. [OE. miserie, L. miseria,
fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[`e]re, OF. also, miserie.]
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1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer.
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Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom.
iii. 16.
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2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
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When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak.
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3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]
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Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish;
distress; calamity; misfortune.
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Miserly
(gcide) | Miserly \Mi"ser*ly\ (m[imac]"z[~e]r*l[y^]), a. [From Miser.]
Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid;
niggardly.
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Syn: Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; avaricious;
penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious.
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Misery
(gcide) | Misery \Mi"ser*y\, n.; pl. Miseries. [OE. miserie, L. miseria,
fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[`e]re, OF. also, miserie.]
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1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer.
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Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom.
iii. 16.
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2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
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When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak.
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3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]
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Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish;
distress; calamity; misfortune.
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Promiser
(gcide) | Promiser \Prom"is*er\, n.
One who promises.
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Surmiser
(gcide) | Surmiser \Sur*mis"er\, n.
One who surmises.
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atomiser
(wn) | atomiser
n 1: a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a
fine mist [syn: atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer,
nebulizer, nebuliser] |
commiserate
(wn) | commiserate
v 1: to feel or express sympathy or compassion [syn:
commiserate, sympathize, sympathise] |
commiseration
(wn) | commiseration
n 1: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn:
commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos]
2: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent
their condolences" [syn: condolence, commiseration] |
commiserative
(wn) | commiserative
adj 1: feeling or expressing sympathy; "made commiserative
clicking sounds with his tongue"- Kenneth Roberts |
compromiser
(wn) | compromiser
n 1: a negotiator willing to compromise; "Henry Clay was known
as the Great Compromiser" |
economiser
(wn) | economiser
n 1: a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste [syn:
economizer, economiser] |
miser
(wn) | miser
n 1: a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living
miserably) |
miserable
(wn) | miserable
adj 1: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
miserable, suffering, wretched]
2: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for
help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh,
you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched
life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched]
3: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low
stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment
of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a
scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable,
scummy, scurvy]
4: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
5: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
6: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage";
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" [syn:
measly, miserable, paltry] |
miserableness
(wn) | miserableness
n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness] |
miserably
(wn) | miserably
adv 1: in a miserable manner; "I bit my lip miserably and
nodded" |
miserliness
(wn) | miserliness
n 1: total lack of generosity with money |
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