penurious

(pə-nʊr'ē-əs, -nyʊr'-)
adj.

1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
2. Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
3. Poverty-stricken; destitute.

[From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus, from Latin pēnūria, want.]

penuriously pe·nu'ri·ous·ly adv.
penuriousness pe·nu'ri·ous·ness n.

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adjective

1. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean², miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.

adj

Definition: mean
Antonyms: generous

adj

Definition: poor
Antonyms: wealthy

IN BRIEF: Needy or poor. Also: Very miserly or stingy.

The penurious manager did not earn the respect and admiration of the staff.

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For a list of words related to penurious, see:

• Unappealing, Shabby, Messy, Poor, or Clumsy
• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel

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See words rhyming with "penurious."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fattig, gerrig

Nederlands (Dutch)
straatarm, gierig, schaars

Français (French)
adj. - indigent, misérable, infertile, parcimonieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - arm, geizig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σφιχτοχέρης/-ικος, τσιγκούνης/-ικος, άπορος, πάμπτωχος

Italiano (Italian)
magro, miserabile, meschino, avaro, gretto, sordido, indigente, bisognoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pobre, avarento

Русский (Russian)
скупой, обнищавший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - parsimonioso, avaro, mezquino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - torftig, karg, fattig, snål, njugg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小气的, 不足的, 穷困的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 小氣的, 不足的, 窮困的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가난한, 결핍된, 인색한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貧窮の, けちな, 乏しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معدم, معوز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קמצן, עני, מועט‬

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