Synonymer

Översättning
Adjektiv
1.karg
2.torftig
3.utarmad

Definitioner

Adjektiv

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

Exempel

  • The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
  • The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
  • The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

Böjningsformer

Komparativmore penurious
Superlativmost penurious

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