penurious (Meaning)
penurious (s)
not having enough money to pay for necessities
excessively unwilling to spend
penurious (a.)
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
Synonyms & Antonyms of penurious
Synonyms:
- covetous
- hoggish
- thrifty
- acquisitive
- pinchpenny
- frugal
- stinting
- shabby
- chary
- conserving
- small
- closefisted
- avaricious
- economizing
- sparing
- rapacious
- mercenary
- sordid
- spare
- saving
Antonyms:
- humanitarian
- wasteful
- benevolent
- magnanimous
- unthrifty
- compassionate
- compassionate
- philanthropic
- hospitable
- openhearted
- unthrifty
- profligate
- kindly
- freehanded
- profuse
- kindly
- profligate
- hospitable
- profuse
- benevolent
- openhearted
- magnanimous
- humanitarian
- beneficent
- philanthropic
- overgenerous
- beneficent
- philanthropical
- free
- free
- freehanded
- overgenerous
- philanthropical
- wasteful
penurious Sentence Examples
- The penurious family struggled to make ends meet, living in a dilapidated house.
- Despite his penurious upbringing, he managed to secure a prestigious scholarship.
- The penurious villagers depended on government aid to survive during the famine.
- The penurious artist sold his masterpieces for a pittance to make enough money to survive.
- The penurious wanderer wandered aimlessly, begging for scraps of food and shelter.
- The penurious old woman lived in a shack, subsisting on meager rations.
- The town's penurious economy was shattered by the collapse of the local industry.
- The penurious writer toiled tirelessly, but his work was rejected by publishers.
- The penurious student lived in a cramped dormitory and struggled to pay his tuition.
- The penurious orphan was adopted by a wealthy family, bringing a glimmer of hope to his otherwise bleak life.
FAQs About the word penurious
not having enough money to pay for necessities, excessively unwilling to spendExcessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly., Not bountiful o
close, desirous, miserly, stingy, chintzy, niggardly, uncharitable, economical,selfish, greedy
unsparing, unsparing, munificent, liberal, openhanded,generous, altruistic, handsome, selfless, unselfish
The penurious family struggled to make ends meet, living in a dilapidated house.
Despite his penurious upbringing, he managed to secure a prestigious scholarship.
The penurious villagers depended on government aid to survive during the famine.
The penurious artist sold his masterpieces for a pittance to make enough money to survive.
