Cheeseparing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

giving or spending with reluctance

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɪɾɪsˌaɪzd/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɪstiz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɪstiz/

4 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɪɾɪsˌaɪzd/.

Examples

our cheeseparing administration
very close (or near) with his money
a penny-pinching miserly old man

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

close near skinny penny-pinching

Parts of Speech

adjective

giving or spending with reluctance

“our cheeseparing administration”

Word Forms

closeness	noun	extreme stinginess
penny-pinching	noun	extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Käseschälen

Geben oder Ausgeben mit Widerwillen

🇫🇷French

avarice

donner ou dépenser avec réticence

🇪🇸Spanish

tacaño

dar o gastar con desgana

🇮🇹Italian

formaggio

dare o spendere con riluttanza

🇳🇱Dutch

kaasparen

met tegenzin geven of uitgeven

🇵🇹Portuguese

fatiar queijo

dar ou gastar com relutância

🇷🇺Russian

чистка сыра

давать или тратить с неохотой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चीज़परिंग

अनिच्छा से देना या खर्च करना

🇮🇳Tamil

பாலாடைக்கட்டி

தயக்கத்துடன் கொடுப்பது அல்லது செலவு செய்வது

🇮🇳Telugu

చీజ్పారింగ్

అయిష్టతతో ఇవ్వడం లేదా ఖర్చు చేయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

चीज तयार करणे

देणे किंवा अनिच्छेने खर्च करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચીઝપેરિંગ

અનિચ્છા સાથે આપવું અથવા ખર્ચવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚೀಸ್ಪಾರಿಂಗ್

ಇಷ್ಟವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಕೊಡುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಖರ್ಚು ಮಾಡುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചീസ്പാറിംഗ്

വിമുഖതയോടെ കൊടുക്കുകയോ ചെലവഴിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക

🇵🇰Urdu

پنیر تیار کرنا

ہچکچاہٹ کے ساتھ دینا یا خرچ کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

奶酪拼配

不情愿地给予或支出

🇯🇵Japanese

チーズパリング

不本意ながら寄付したり支出したりすること

🇰🇷Korean

인색함

마지 못해 기부하거나 지출

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cắt phô mai

cho hoặc chi tiêu một cách miễn cưỡng

🇹🇭Thai

การทำชีส

การให้หรือใช้จ่ายอย่างไม่เต็มใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekikiran

memberi atau membelanjakannya dengan enggan

🇵🇭Filipino

paggawa ng keso

pagbibigay o paggastos nang may pag-aatubili

🇲🇾Malay

pembuatan keju

memberi atau membelanjakan dengan berat hati

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بخيل

العطاء أو الإنفاق على مضض

🇮🇷Persian

پنیر سازی

دادن یا خرج کردن با اکراه

🇹🇷Turkish

peynirli peynir hazırlama

isteksizce vermek veya harcamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

הכנת גבינה

לתת או להוציא בחוסר רצון

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