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penurious 音标拼音: [p,ɛnj'uriəs] a. 贫穷的;缺乏的;吝啬的 贫穷的;缺乏的;吝啬的 penurious adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [synonym: {hard up}, {impecunious}, {in straitened circumstances(p)}, {penniless}, {penurious}, {pinched}] 2: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner --denying himself every indulgence" [synonym: {parsimonious}, {penurious}] Penurious \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. "A penurious niggard of his wealth." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C. Pitt. [1913 Webster] 3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] "My penurious band." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See {Avaricious}. [1913 Webster] --{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for "penurious":
bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, begrudging, cheap, chintzy, destitute, dirt, flat broke, grudging, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, mean, mingy, miserly, near, necessitous, needy, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penniless, penny-pinching, pinchpenny, poor, poverty-stricken, shabby, sordid, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight-fisted, tightfisted, ungenerous
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