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单词 penuriousness
释义

penurious

adjective

pe·​nu·​ri·​ous pə-ˈnu̇r-ē-əs How to pronounce penurious (audio)
-ˈnyu̇r-
1
: marked by or suffering from penury
penurious peasants and fisherfolk
2
: given to or marked by extreme stinting frugality
penuriously adverb
penuriousness noun

Synonyms

  • cheap
  • chintzy
  • close
  • closefisted
  • mean
  • mingy
  • miserly
  • niggard
  • niggardly
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • pinching
  • pinchpenny
  • spare
  • sparing
  • stingy
  • stinting
  • tight
  • tightfisted
  • uncharitable
  • ungenerous
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Example Sentences

The penurious school system had to lay off several teachers. the company's penurious management could not be convinced of the need to earmark more money for research and development
Recent Examples on the Web When his sports career petered out, Thorpe kept hustling to make an increasingly penurious living. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022 Her father had left high school at 14 to support his penurious mother and work as a delivery boy in a cotton trading company. New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022 Beyond its penurious powertrain, the Prime's disinterested driving demeanor extends to its steering, which is light and numb. Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2022 In 1877, when young H.G. (called Bertie) was 11, his father fell off a ladder and began a penurious, cricket-free convalescence. Stephanie Burt, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2022 Owners will claim that competitive imbalance is on the verge of ruining the game, never mind the 21 World Series participants since 2001 years, including the electively penurious Tampa Bay Rays. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021 An earnest rebuild is underway, but like all before it, the success will be in spite of penurious ownership. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021 That would be their home away from home, Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, an opulent flat for which penurious tenant Fredo Spanos pays a flat $1-per-year rental fee. Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021 Jobs in universities, media, publishing, and think tanks offered former bohemians and penurious toilers money and social status. Pankaj Mishra, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

penuriousness

noun

1
as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • economy
  • cheapness
  • niggardliness
  • stinginess
  • miserliness
  • economizing
  • saving
  • providence
  • parsimony
  • cheeseparing
  • pinching
  • tightness
  • tightfistedness
  • penny-pinching
  • frugality
  • managing
  • thrift
  • husbanding
  • closeness
  • conservation
  • conserving
  • scrimping
  • skimping
  • husbandry

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • generosity
  • liberality
  • unselfishness
  • extravagance
  • philanthropy
  • largess
  • largesse
  • bounty
  • lavishness
  • bountifulness
  • dissipation
  • prodigality
  • improvidence
  • openheartedness
  • wastefulness
  • openhandedness
  • squandering
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2
as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • poverty
  • misery
  • impecuniosity
  • penury
  • necessity
  • impecuniousness
  • destitution
  • beggary
  • neediness
  • impoverishment
  • pauperism
  • indigence
  • poorness
  • deprivation
  • wretchedness
  • destituteness
  • need
  • woe
  • exigency
  • bankruptcy
  • privation
  • emergency
  • rainy day
  • want
  • gutter
  • insolvency
  • austerity
  • pinching
  • straitening
  • belt-tightening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • opulence
  • affluence
  • wealth
  • richness
  • prosperity
  • wealthiness
  • luxury
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