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penurious 音标拼音: [p ,ɛnj'uriəs] a. 贫穷的;缺乏的;吝啬的 贫穷的;缺乏的;吝啬的 penurious adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [ synonym: { hard up}, { impecunious}, { in straitened circumstances( p)}, { penniless}, { penurious}, { pinched}] 2: excessively unwilling to spend; " parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; " lived in a most penurious manner -- denying himself every indulgence" [ synonym: { parsimonious}, { penurious}] Penurious \ Pe* nu" ri* ous\, a. [ From { Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. " A penurious niggard of his wealth." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [ 1913 Webster] Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. -- C. Pitt. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [ Obs.] " My penurious band." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See { Avaricious}. [ 1913 Webster] --{ Pe* nu" ri* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Pe* nu" ri* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " penurious": bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, begrudging, cheap, chintzy, destitute, dirt, flat broke, grudging, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, mean, mingy, miserly, near, necessitous, needy, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penniless, penny- pinching, pinchpenny, poor, poverty- stricken, shabby, sordid, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight- fisted, tightfisted, ungenerous
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