penurious

Speech parts

1. penurious - Adjective

2. penurious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.

Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

parsimonious penniless avaricious pinched miserly stingy impecunious niggardly hard up in straitened circumstances scrooge close thrifty skinflint poor
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Antonyms

free liberal regal rich vast wealthy
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Related terms

penury

Phrases with the word

more penurious least penurious less penurious

Examples

parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses Source: Internet

lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence Source: Internet

Her sister Charlotte's remarriage in 1798 to the pamphleteer Ralph Broome caused her and her father further consternation, as did the move by her sister Susanna and penurious brother-in-law Molesworth Phillips and their family to Ireland in 1796. Source: Internet

The White Sox players all intensely disliked Comiskey and his penurious ways, but were powerless to do anything, thanks to baseball's so-called "reserve clause", that prevented players from switching teams without their team owner's consent. Source: Internet

The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public works administration. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Penunuri penup penurie penuriously penuriousness penurity