adjective🔗ShareMiserly; excessively cheap."The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof."charactervalueattitudeeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNot bountiful; thin; scant."The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth."economyfinanceconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareImpoverished; wanting for money."The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly."economyconditionfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
