PENURIOUS
Scrabble letter values: P3E1N1U1R1I1O1U1S1 = 11
Definition
- adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities. — synonyms: hard_up, impecunious, in_straitened_circumstances(p), penniless, pinched
- adjective excessively unwilling to spend. — synonyms: parsimonious
Examples
- “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”
- “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
- “The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.”