penurious

Significat (Anglès)

1. Miserly; excessively cheap.
2. Not bountiful; thin; scant.
3. Impoverished; wanting for money.

Conceptes

pobre

miserable

necessitat

mesquí

ronyós

pelat

Oposat a

impoverished, poor

Sinònims

stingy

parsimonious

niggardly

miserly

poor

illiberal

selfish

mean

penniless

pinched

near

scanty

indigent

in straitened circumstances

close-fisted

impecunious

ungenerous

hard up

shabby

short of

skinny

sordid

stinting

tight

uncharitable

poor person

scrimy

over-economical

over-thirsty

avaricious

too-saving

cheeseparing

closefisted

curled

curly

deficiency

exiguous

frugal

grasping

hardfisted

jejune

meager

meagerly

meagre

mingy

miser

pauper

resourceless

Traduccions

avare

geizig

tacaño

ladre

pobre

cicatero

mezquino

avaro

penuriosus

pingre

avaricieux

avaro

parcimonieux

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Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb llatí: penuria

Cognat amb francès: pénurie

In summary

From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus. See penury from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.