Definizione monolingua

penurious

penurious (comparative more penurious, superlative most penurious)

1. Miserly; excessively cheap.

   The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.

2. Not bountiful; thin; scant.

   The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.

3. Impoverished; wanting for money.

   The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

Definizione dizionario penurious

	avaro
	Eccessivamente reticente a spendere.
	Excessively unwilling to spend.

	parsimonioso
	Eccessivamente reticente a spendere.
	Excessively unwilling to spend.

	tirato
	Eccessivamente reticente a spendere.
	Excessively unwilling to spend.

gretto

indigente

povero

scarso

Altri significati:

Impoverished; wanting for money.

Miserly; excessively cheap.

Not bountiful; thin; scant.