penurious

/pəˈnjʊə.ɹi.əs/

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Çeviriler

sıfat

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. sıfat Miserly; excessively cheap.

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

  2. sıfat Not bountiful; thin; scant.

    “The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.”

  3. sıfat Impoverished; wanting for money.

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

Eş anlamlılar

as tight as Dick's hatband cheap cheeseparing chintzy close close as wax close-fisted illiberal mean miserable miserly narrow-fisted niggardly nipcheese parsimonious peddling penny-wise penny-pinching scrooge-like scrubby

Zıt anlamlılar

bow-legged wi' brass

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