penurious

English

Adjective

penurious (comparative more penurious, superlative most penurious)

1. Miserly; excessively cheap.

   The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.

2. Not bountiful; thin; scant.

   The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.

3. Impoverished; wanting for money.

   The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

Translations

miserly

• Russian: скупой (ru) (skupój) m, скаредный (ru) (skárednyj) m

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:stingy
• See also Wikisaurus:impoverished

Antonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:spendthrift

Related terms

• penury