| ADJECTIVE | all | penurious, hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched | not having enough money to pay for necessities |
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| all | penurious, parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend |
| Sounds | peh.nyuw'riyahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | not having enough money to pay for necessities. | |
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| Synonyms | hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched | |
| Broader | poor | Having little money or few possessions |
| Spanish | menesteroso, necesitado, pelado, pobre | |
| Catalan | necessitat, pelat, pobre, que no té diners | |
| Nouns | penuriousness | a state of lacking money |
| penury | a state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution | |
| Adverbs | penuriously | in a penurious manner |
| Meaning | excessively unwilling to spend. | |
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| Example | "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" | |
| Synonym | parsimonious | |
| Broader | stingy, ungenerous | Unwilling to spend |
| Spanish | miserable, roñoso | |
| Catalan | miserable, ronyós | |
| Nouns | penuriousness | a disposition to be niggardly with money |
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