English-Thai Dictionary

penurious

ADJ ยากจน มาก  ขัดสน อย่างมาก  stingy mean frugal niggardly generous charitable yak-jon-mak

 

penuriously

ADV อย่าง ยากจน ที่สุด  อย่าง อัตคัด  อย่าง ขัดสน  อย่าง ขาดแคลน  yang-yak-jon-ti-sud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENURIOUS

a.[L. penuria, scarcity, want; Gr. poor; rare. ] 1. Excessively saving or sparing in the use of money; parsimonious to a fault; sordid; as a penurious man. It expresses somewhat less than niggardly.
2. Scanty; affording little; as a penurious spring.

 

PENURIOUSLY

adv. In a saving or parsimonious manner; with scanty supply.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENURIOUS

Pe *nu "ri *ous, a. Etym: [From Penury. ]

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

penurious

pe nu ri ous |pəˈn (y )o͝orēəs pəˈn (j )ʊriəs | ▶adjective formal 1 extremely poor; poverty-stricken: a penurious old tramp. • characterized by poverty or need: penurious years. 2 parsimonious; mean: he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife. DERIVATIVES pe nu ri ous ly adverb, pe nu ri ous ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin penuriosus, from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity ’ (see penury ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

penurious

penurious |pɪˈnjʊərɪəs | ▶adjective formal 1 extremely poor; poverty-stricken: a penurious old tramp. • characterized by poverty: penurious years. 2 unwilling to spend money; mean: his stingy and penurious wife. DERIVATIVES penuriously adverb, penuriousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin penuriosus, from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity ’ (see penury ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

penurious

penurious adjective formal 1 a penurious student: 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; informal (flat ) broke, strapped for cash. ANTONYMS wealthy. 2 a penurious old skinflint: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, close-fisted, Scroogelike; informal stingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money-grubbing; archaic near. ANTONYMS generous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

penurious

penurious adjective 1 a penurious student: poor, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous, in penury, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need /want, badly off, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged, penniless, without a sou, moneyless, bankrupt, bust, insolvent; Brit. on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name ); informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers; Brit. informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies /(brass ) farthings to rub together, in Queer Street; N. Amer. informal stone broke; rare pauperized, beggared. ANTONYMS wealthy. 2 a penurious old skinflint: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, close-fisted, cheese-paring, scrimping, grasping, greedy, avaricious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close; informal stingy, mingy, tight, tight-fisted, money-grubbing, money-grabbing; vulgar slang tight-arsed; archaic near. ANTONYMS generous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

penurious

pe nu ri ous /pən j ú ə riəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠貧乏な, 赤貧の .