miserliness
noun
[ ˈmʌɪzəlɪnɪs ]
• excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness.
• "the party earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions"
Similar:
avarice,
acquisitiveness,
parsimony,
parsimoniousness,
penny-pinching,
cheese-paring,
thrift,
meanness,
niggardliness,
close-fistedness,
closeness,
penuriousness,
illiberality,
greed,
asceticism,
puritanism,
masochism,
stinginess,
minginess,
tightness,
tight-fistedness,
cheapness,
nearness,