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💸 Here are some common synonyms for “poor”:
indigent
destitute
insolvent
penurious
necessitous
impecunious
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💸 Here are some common synonyms for “poor”:
indigent
destitute
insolvent
penurious
necessitous
impecunious
penurious (adj.)
extremely stingy, parsimonious, miserly; extremely poor, destitute, indigent; poorly or inadequately supplied, lacking in means or resources
Penurious by Blair Gaulton
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There were nice things in it-nice things unrelentingly hostile to each other, offsprings of a vicarious, impatient taste acting in stray moments. The worst was typified by a great picture framed in oak bark of Passaic as seen from the Erie Railroad—altogether a frantic, oddly extravagant, oddly penurious attempt to make a cheerful room. Marcia knew it was a failure.
“Head and Shoulders” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
penurious:
extremely poor; poverty-stricken. "a penurious old tramp"
characterized by poverty or need. "penurious years"
parsimonious; mean. "he was generous and hospitable in contrast to his stingy and penurious wife"
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Penurious
adjective
formal
extremely poor; poverty-stricken. "a penurious old tramp" synonyms: poor, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute,necessitous, in penury, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged, penniless, without a sou, moneyless, bankrupt,bust, insolvent; More
unwilling to spend money; mean. "his stingy and penurious wife" synonyms: mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, close-fisted, cheese-paring, scrimping, grasping, greedy, avaricious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close; More
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Penurious (adj.)
Extremely stingy; parsimonious, miserly
Extremely poor; destitute; idigent
Poorly or inadequately supplied’ lacking in means or resources
Example: Ebeneezer Scrooge is a very well know, penurious character.