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Penurious
pɪˈnjʊəriəs
Penurious definitions
adjective
penurious
- extremely poor; poverty-stricken
"a penurious old tramp"
poor as poor as a church mouse poverty-stricken destitute necessitous in penury impecunious impoverished indigent needy in need/want badly off in reduced circumstances in straitened circumstances hard up on one's beam-ends unable to make ends meet underprivileged penniless without a sou moneyless bankrupt bust insolvent- characterized by poverty
"penurious years"
- unwilling to spend money; mean
"a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders"
miserly parsimonious ungenerous penny-pinching close-fisted cheese-paring scrimping grasping greedy avaricious Scrooge-like illiberal close