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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -niggard-, *niggard*, niggar
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
niggard(n) คนขี้เหนียว, See also: คนขื้ตืด, คนตระหนี่, Syn. churl, grabber, kinflint, scrooge

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
niggard

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
niggard

WordNet (3.0)
niggard(n) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend, Syn. scrooge, churl, skinflint

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Niggard

a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggard

v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggard

n. [ Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw. ] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardise

n. Niggardliness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardish

a. Somewhat niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardliness

n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardly

a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurious; sordid; stingy. See Avaricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardly

adv. In a niggard manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardness

n. Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niggardous

a. Niggardly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Geizhals { m } | Geizhälse { pl }niggard | niggards [Add to Longdo]

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