Word: penurious

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Synonyms: penurious

poor, poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced/straitened circumstances, hard up, unable to make ends meet, penniless, without a cent (to one's name), without a sou, (flat) broke, strapped for cash, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, close-fisted, Scroogelike, stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money-grubbing, near, pinched, in straitened circumstances

Translations: penurious

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spanish
Translations:
tacaño, mezquino, avaro, penuria
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german
Translations:
geizig, arm, dürftigen, kargen
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french
Translations:
avare, pingre, besogneux, mesquin, parcimonieux, indigent, chiche, miséreux, serré, nécessiteux, ...
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italian
Translations:
avaro
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portuguese
Translations:
mesquinho, pobre, penúria, avarento
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dutch
Translations:
gierig, armoedige, behoeftig, schraal
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russian
Translations:
скупой, скудный, бедный
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swedish
Translations:
deras fattiga
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finnish
Translations:
itara, pihi, nuuka, saita, kitsas, varaton, puutteenalainen, köyhä
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czech
Translations:
nemajetný, skoupý, lakotný, nuzný, lakomý
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polish
Translations:
skąpy, biedny, ubogi, niezasobny
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hungarian
Translations:
sivár, szegényes, fösvény, szegényebb
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turkish
Translations:
yoksul, cimri, fakir, kıt
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greek
Translations:
πενιχρός, φιλάργυρος, απόρους, φιλάργυρο
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ukrainian
Translations:
скупий, жадної, скупій, бідний, бідна, бідолашний, убогий, бедний
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albanian
Translations:
i varfër, dorështrënguar, i kursyer, mjerë, i mjerë
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bulgarian
Translations:
скъпернически, пестелива, беден, оскъден, стиснат
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belarusian
Translations:
бедны, бедный
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estonian
Translations:
Vaene, Sada, Puuduse all, Puuduse
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croatian
Translations:
škrt, oskudan, tvrd, siromašan
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lithuanian
Translations:
skurdus, šykštus, neturtingas, Niezasobny
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latvian
Translations:
nabadzīgs, trūcīgs
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macedonian
Translations:
пати се јавуваат
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romanian
Translations:
zgârcit, sărăcăcios, sărac, avar, lipsit
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slovenian
Translations:
Škrt, Oskudan
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slovak
Translations:
lakomý, chatrný, chudobný, chudobní, núdzny, mizerný

The meaning and "use of": penurious

adjective
  • extremely poor; poverty-stricken. - a penurious old tramp
  • parsimonious; mean. - he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife

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