Associations to the word «Penurious»

Wiktionary

PENURIOUS, adjective. Miserly; excessively cheap.
PENURIOUS, adjective. Not bountiful; thin; scant.
PENURIOUS, adjective. Impoverished; wanting for money.

Dictionary definition

PENURIOUS, adjective. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
PENURIOUS, adjective. Excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King