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   penurious

   /pɪˈnjʊərɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. extremely poor; poverty-stricken: "a penurious old tramp" Similar pooras poor as a church mousepoverty-strickendestitutenecessitousin penuryimpecuniousimpoverishedindigentneedyin need/wantbadly offin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstanceshard upon one's beam-endsunable to make ends meetunderprivilegedpennilesswithout a soumoneylessbankruptbustinsolventon the breadlinewithout a penny (to one's name)informal:brokeflat brokecleaned outstrapped for cashstrappedon one's uppersstony brokeskintwithout two pennies to rub togetherwithout two (brass) farthings to rub togetherin Queer Streetstone brokerare:pauperizedbeggaredOpposite wealthy
   • ▪ characterized by poverty: "penurious years"
   • 2. unwilling to spend money; mean: "a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders" Similar miserlyniggardlyparsimoniouspenny-pinchingclose-fistedcheese-paringscrimpinggraspinggreedyavariciousScrooge-likeungenerousilliberalclosemeaninformal:stingymingytighttight-fistedmoney-grubbingmoney-grabbingvulgar slang:tight-arsedtight-assedarchaic:nearOpposite generous

   Word Origin late 16th century: from medieval Latin penuriosus, from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity’ (see penury).

   Derivatives

   • 1. penuriously adverb
   • 2. penuriousness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPENURIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Penurious means extremely poor or having very little money. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences with synonyms and translations.

   • English (US)

     adjective. formal us / pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs / uk / pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs...

   • Znaczenie Penurious, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     PENURIOUS definicja: 1. extremely poor 2. extremely poor....

   • Penurious in Simplified Chinese

     PENURIOUS translate: 赤贫的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미

     PENURIOUS 의미, 정의, PENURIOUS의 정의: 1. extremely poor 2....

   • Penultimate

     PENULTIMATE definition: 1. second from the last: 2. second...

   • Peony

     PEONY definition: 1. a garden plant with large red, pink, or...

   • Indigent

     INDIGENT definition: 1. very poor 2. very poor 3. having no...

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   Penurious means marked by or suffering from penury, or extremely stingy. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, examples, and word history of penurious from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › penuriouspenurious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Penurious means very poor or destitute. Learn how to pronounce it, see pictures and example sentences, and find synonyms and related topics in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPENURIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Penurious means extremely poor or very frugal. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences with synonyms and translations.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › penuriousPenurious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   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.

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   Penurious definition: extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.. See examples of PENURIOUS used in a sentence.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPENURIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Penurious means unwilling to spend money, lacking money or means, or yielding little. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, word origin and usage of penurious in British and American English.