- 1. a. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. Source: opted
- 3. a. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. Source: opted
- 4. adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. excessively unwilling to spend Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s not having enough money to pay for necessities s excessively unwilling to spend Source: ecdict
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