けち — meaning in English

English meaning

• illiberal adj Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
• miser noun Someone who hoards money and hates spending it, even when they can easily afford to.
• miserly adj Unwilling to spend money even when it would be reasonable to.
• stingy adj Unwilling to spend, give, or share; miserly.

Senses

けち is used for these senses in English:

• illiberal (archaic) Ungenerous, stingy.
• miser (obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.
• miserly Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
• stingy Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

illiberal — full definition

1. adj Restricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
2. adj Narrow-minded; bigoted.
3. adj Ungenerous, stingy.
4. adj Not adhering to either liberalism or neoliberalism.

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