PENURIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly mean being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others stingy implies a marked lack of generosity
Penurious - definition of penurious by The Free Dictionary 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)
Penurious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Don't have two nickels to rub together? 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 It sounds so much classier
PENURIOUS Synonyms: 156 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam . . . Some common synonyms of penurious are close, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, and stingy While all these words mean "being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others," penurious implies niggardliness that gives an appearance of actual poverty
penurious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Not bountiful; thin; scant The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly