penuriousness
/puh-noor-ee-uhs, -nyoor-/US // pəˈnʊər i əs, -ˈnyʊər- //UK // (pɪˈnjʊərɪəs) //
奢侈行为,奢侈,奢华,侈靡之风
Related Words
avaricious贪婪的,贪婪,贪得无厌,贪财cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜chintzy懊恼,懊恼的,懊悔,懊丧economical经济,经济性,经济的,经济实惠frugal节俭的,俭朴的,俭朴,节俭greedy贪婪的,贪婪,贪心的,贪婪的人miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬parsimonious吝啬的,吝啬的人,精明的,简洁的penny-pinching一分钱一分货,一钱不值,一毛不拔,一钱不值的saving节约,拯救,节省,储蓄sparing节约,节省开支,节省费用,节约的thrifty节俭的,节俭,勤俭节约,俭朴tightfisted狭隘的,狭义的,狭隘的人,严密的uncharitable不善言辞,不友善的,不慈善的,不善言辞的ungenerous不宽厚,不宽松,不慷慨,心胸狭隘close-fisted近乎苛刻的,近身肉搏,严密的,近距离接触costive昂贵的,昂贵,昂贵的价格,价值连城curmudgeonly古怪的,古惑仔,老顽固,古怪的人hoarding囤积,囤积居奇,囤积物,囤货pinchpenny掐指一算,掐尖,掐尖儿,掐指算来
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- : extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
- : poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Not observing that the President Rose, who was very penurious, had put his money in the hat, he presented it to him a second time.
There are beings so dejected—so penurious—that this swearing constitutes their whole store of worldly opulence.
No; but even in the most penurious times it was kings who were the patrons.
If one were ever penurious, might it not be of these handsome loaves of hers?
One would suppose that such a mother would have every want supplied, even by a penurious son.
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