noun
- The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penury, poverty, privation, want. See rich/poor.
penuriousness
| Thesaurus: penuriousness |
| WordNet: penuriousness |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a state of lacking money
Synonyms: impecuniousness, pennilessness
Meaning #2:
a disposition to be niggardly with money
Learn More
 | chincherie |
| littleness |
| penurious |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
|
