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Noun dog in the manger has 1 sense

• dog in the manger(n = noun.person) Array - someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for; Array
is a kind of selfish person

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dog in the manger

careerist, egotist, fortune hunter, grouch, hog, individualist, killjoy, lone wolf, loner, malcontent, monopolist, narcissist, road hog, self-advancer, self-pleaser, self-seeker, self-server, sourpuss, spoilsport, temporizer, timepleaser, timeserver, tufthunter, wet blanket

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Selfishness

N selfishness, self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest, egotism, egoism, amour propre, nepotism, worldliness, world wisdom, illiberality, meanness, time-pleaser, time-server, tuft- hunter, fortune-hunter, jobber, worldling, egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist, dog in the manger, charity that begins at home, canis in praesepi, foes to nobleness, temporizer, trimmer, selfish, self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self- centered, wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self, egotistic, egotistical, egoistical, illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded, mercenary, venal, covetous, unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded, mundane, worldly, worldly- minded, worldly-wise, timeserving, interested, alieni appetens sui profusus, ungenerously, to gain some private ends, from interested motives, apres nous le deluge.

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