About The Word Penurious
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Penurious
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What's The Definition Of Penurious?
[adj] excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
[adj] not having enough money to pay for necessities Synonyms | Synonyms for Penurious: hard up | impecunious | in straitened circumstances(p) | parsimonious | penniless | pinched | poor | stingy | ungenerous Related Terms | Find terms related to Penurious: bankrupt | beggared | beggarly | begrudging | cheap | chintzy | destitute | dirt | flat broke | grudging | hard up | impecunious | impoverished | indigent | mean | mingy | miserly | near | necessitous | needy | niggard | niggardly | parsimonious | penniless | penny-pinching | pinchpenny | poor | poverty-stricken | shabby | sordid | stingy | thrifty | tight | tightfisted | tight-fisted | ungenerous See Also | Penurious In Webster's Dictionary \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From {Penury}.]
1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy;
miserly. ``A penurious niggard of his wealth.'' --Milton.
2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C.
Pitt.
3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] ``My
penurious band.'' --Shak.
Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly;
stingy. See {Avaricious}. --{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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