penurious

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

gierig

pinnig

schraal

Tegenovergesteld aan

impoverished, poor

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

avare

tacaño

ladre

geizig

avaro

cicatero

mezquino

pingre

avaricieux

parcimonieux

penuriosus

pobre

avaro

az

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Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Latijn: penuria

Verwant aan Frans: pénurie

In summary

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