Thesaurus: penurious

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1. a. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
2. a. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
3. a. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
4. adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities
5. adj. excessively unwilling to spend
6. 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. "A penurious niggard of his wealth." Milton. 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. C. Pitt. 3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] "My penurious band." Shak. Syn. -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See Avaricious. --Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n.
7. j:100 s not having enough money to pay for necessities s excessively unwilling to spend