penurious

[puh-noor-ee-uhs, -nyoor-] / pəˈnʊər i əs, -ˈnjʊər- /

ADJECTIVE

stingy

Synonyms

WEAK

avaricious cheap chintzy close-fisted costive curmudgeonly economical frugal greedy hoarding miserly parsimonious penny-pinching pennywise pinchpenny saving scrimping sparing thrifty tightfisted uncharitable ungenerous ungiving

Example Sentences

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Thus when fascination and forlornness are at equal discount, when powers and penuries go down together, and common and uncommon sense fail alike, to what natural feeling shall one hope to appeal?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various

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