penurious in English

adjective

1

extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

a penurious old tramp

synonyms: poor, poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced/straitened circumstances, hard up, unable to make ends meet, penniless, without a cent (to one's name), without a sou, (flat) broke, strapped for cash

2

parsimonious; mean.

he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife

synonyms: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, close-fisted, Scroogelike, stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money-grubbing, near

adjective

poor, poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced/straitened circumstances, hard up, unable to make ends meet, penniless, without a cent (to one's name), without a sou, (flat) broke, strapped for cash
mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, close-fisted, Scroogelike, stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money-grubbing, near
pinched, penniless, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, hard up
parsimonious

Use "penurious" in a sentence

1. Understand the difference between Penurious and Cheeseparing.

2. One penurious year, my parents used Swiss cheese plant.

3. One penurious year, my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.

4. But he presents himself as self- effacing and penurious.

5. The words Penurious and Cheeseparing might have synonymous (similar) meaning

6. "He lived in the most penurious manner, and denied himselfeveryindulgence"(WilliamGodwin).

7. But the price was right for penurious law students: seventy-five dollars a month.

8. Synonyms for Beggared include destitute, impoverished, penniless, poor, broke, impecunious, poverty-stricken, needy, indigent and penurious

9. Synonyms for Boracic include impecunious, destitute, poor, impoverished, penniless, needy, indigent, penurious, broke and skint

10. That is trivial looks penurious of looking at be pressed by his under dictate woman.

11. Antonyms for Cash rich include impoverished, poor, destitute, impecunious, indigent, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, needy and broke

12. Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents.

13. Small black and small armor Xi fair outside the tent, before gathered some mercenary soldiers at them,[Sentencedict.com] an eyes expose strange light-that is the penurious wind.