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Penurious

adjective
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.adjectiveMiserly; excessively cheap.
"The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof."
2.adjectiveNot bountiful; thin; scant.
"The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth."
3.adjectiveImpoverished; wanting for money.
"The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly."

Synonyms

stingyungenerouspoorparsimonioushard uppennilessimpecuniouspinchedin straitened circumstancesmiserlyneedymean
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