gierig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cheap adj Costing little money.
- niggardly adj Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
- parsimonious adj Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
- sordid adj Morally low, distasteful, or shameful; involving dishonesty or vice.
- stingy adj Unwilling to spend, give, or share; miserly.
Senses
gierig is used for these senses in English:
- cheap (informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
- niggardly Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
- parsimonious Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
- sordid Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- stingy Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
cheap — full definition
- adj Costing little money.
- adj Of poor quality, as if made to save money rather than to last.
- adj Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
- adj Achieved through unfair or underhanded means.
niggardly — full definition
- adj Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
- adj Conceding few runs (of a bowler).