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adjective
- 1. extremely poor; poverty-stricken: "a penurious old tramp" Similar Opposite
- 2. unwilling to spend money; mean: "a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders" Similar Opposite
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adjective. formal uk / pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs / us / pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs / Add to word list. extremely poor. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. impoverished formal. indigent formal. needy. penniless. poor (NO MONEY) poverty-stricken. Opposites. rich (MONEY) well off (RICH)
The meaning of PENURIOUS is marked by or suffering from penury. How to use penurious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Penurious.
Penurious definition: extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.. See examples of PENURIOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs / uk / pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs / Add to word list. extremely poor. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. impoverished formal. indigent formal. needy. penniless. poor (NO MONEY) poverty-stricken. Opposites. rich (MONEY) well off (RICH)
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.
Definition of penurious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define penurious. penurious synonyms, penurious pronunciation, penurious translation, English dictionary definition of penurious. 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...