penurious 音標拼音: [p
, ɛnj'uriəs]
a . 貧窮的;缺乏的;吝嗇的
貧窮的;缺乏的;吝嗇的
penurious adj 1 :
not having enough money to pay for necessities [
synonym :
{
hard up }, {
impecunious }, {
in straitened circumstances (
p )}, {
penniless }, {
penurious }, {
pinched }]
2 :
excessively unwilling to spend ; "
parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses "; "
lived in a most penurious manner --
denying himself every indulgence " [
synonym : {
parsimonious },
{
penurious }]
Penurious \
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a . [
From {
Penury }.]
1 .
Excessively sparing in the use of money ;
sordid ;
stingy ;
miserly . "
A penurious niggard of his wealth ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Not bountiful or liberal ;
scanty .
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Here creeps along a poor ,
penurious stream . --
C .
Pitt .
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3 .
Destitute of money ;
suffering extreme want . [
Obs .] "
My penurious band ." --
Shak .
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Syn :
Avaricious ;
covetous ;
parsimonious ;
miserly ;
niggardly ;
stingy .
See {
Avaricious }.
[
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adv . --
{
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n .
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "
penurious ":
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 ,
tight -
fisted ,
tightfisted ,
ungenerous
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