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单词 penurious
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penurious


pe·nu·ri·ous

P0175500 (pə-no͝or′ē-əs, -nyo͝or′-)adj.1. Poverty-stricken; destitute.2. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.3. Scanty or meager: "an allowance of cold meat and bread, in the same penurious proportion observed in our ordinary meals" (Charlotte Brontë).
[From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus, from Latin pēnūria, want.]
pe·nu′ri·ous·ly adv.pe·nu′ri·ous·ness n.

penurious

(pɪˈnjʊərɪəs) adj1. niggardly with money2. lacking money or means3. yielding little; scanty peˈnuriously adv peˈnuriousness n

pe•nu•ri•ous

(pəˈnʊər i əs, -ˈnyʊər-)

adj. 1. extremely stingy. 2. extremely poor; indigent. pe•nu′ri•ous•ness, n.

penurious

- A synonym for "poor, in need."See also related terms for poor.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.penurious - not having enough money to pay for necessitieshard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinchedpoor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
2.penurious - excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"parsimoniousstingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

penurious

adjective1. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.2. Having little or no money or wealth:beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, poor, poverty-stricken.Informal: broke, strapped.Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.
Translations
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penurious


Related to penurious: inaudible, overbearing, pomposity, aloof, advisement, boorish, ebullience
  • adj

Synonyms for penurious

adj ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money

Synonyms

  • cheap
  • close
  • close-fisted
  • costive
  • hard-fisted
  • mean
  • miserly
  • niggard
  • niggardly
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • petty
  • pinching
  • stingy
  • tight
  • tightfisted

adj having little or no money or wealth

Synonyms

  • beggarly
  • destitute
  • down-and-out
  • impecunious
  • impoverished
  • indigent
  • necessitous
  • needy
  • penniless
  • poor
  • poverty-stricken
  • broke
  • strapped

Synonyms for penurious

adj not having enough money to pay for necessities

Synonyms

  • hard up
  • impecunious
  • in straitened circumstances
  • penniless
  • pinched

Related Words

  • poor

adj excessively unwilling to spend

Synonyms

  • parsimonious

Related Words

  • stingy
  • ungenerous
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