penurious
11penurious — penuriously, adv. penuriousness, n. /peuh noor ee euhs, nyoor /, adj. 1. extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly. 2. extremely poor; destitute; indigent. 3. poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources. [1590 1600; < ML… …
12penurious — Synonyms and related words: bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, begrudging, cheap, chintzy, destitute, dirt, flat broke, grudging, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, mean, mingy, miserly, near, necessitous, needy, niggard, niggardly,… …
13penurious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stingy, mean, miserly. See parsimony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, mean, frugal, niggardly; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. miserly, stingy,… …
14penurious — pe|nu|ri|ous [ pə nuriəs ] adjective FORMAL extremely poor …
15penurious — pe·nu·ri·ous || pɪ nÊŠrɪəs /pɪ njÊŠr adj. poor, indigent; stingy, miserly …
16penurious — [pɪ njʊərɪəs] adjective formal 1》 extremely poor. 2》 unwilling to spend money; mean. Derivatives penuriously adverb penuriousness noun …
17penurious — a. 1. Niggard, scanty, insufficient, inadequate, meagre, ill provided, poor, stinted. 2. Parsimonious, covetous, avaricious, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, sordid, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, close fisted, hard fisted, grasping, near …
18penurious — adjective formal very poor …
19penurious — adj 1. stingy, parsimonious, miserly, carking, skinflinty; mean, tight, tight fisted, close fisted; cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping; niggardly, Rare. illiberal, cheeseparing; scrimping, penny pinching, grudging, begrudging, ungenerous …
20penurious — pe·nu·ri·ous …
