Meaning of PENURIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | pi'nyûureeus
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), parsimonious, penniless, pinched, poor, stingy, ungenerous |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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