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adjective. formal uk / pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs / us / pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs / Add to word list. extremely poor. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. impoverished formal. indigent formal. needy. penniless. poor (NO MONEY) poverty-stricken. Opposites. rich (MONEY) well off (RICH)
The meaning of PENURIOUS is marked by or suffering from penury. How to use penurious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Penurious.
Definition of penurious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. formal us / pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs / uk / pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs / Add to word list. extremely poor. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. impoverished formal. indigent formal. needy. penniless. poor (NO MONEY) poverty-stricken. Opposites. rich (MONEY) well off (RICH)
You're penurious — a lovely long way of saying you're flat broke. Penurious also means a general dislike of spending money. If someone accuses you of being cheap, tell them you prefer to be thought of as penurious.
Penurious definition: extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.. See examples of PENURIOUS used in a sentence.
1. unwilling to part with money or possessions; mean; miserly; stingy. 2. characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished. SIMILAR WORDS: ˈstingy. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. penuriously (peˈnuriously) adverb. penuriousness (peˈnuriousness)
