Hardscrabble
Hardscrabble adjective - Producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation.
Penurious and hardscrabble are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penurious" instead an adjective "Hardscrabble".
Penurious
Penurious adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: the most penurious members of the community are forced to depend on the services of the food bank
Hardscrabble and penurious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardscrabble" instead an adjective "Penurious".
Nearby Word: penury
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and hardscrabble
- poor and penurious
- indigent and hardscrabble
- indigent and penurious
- scanty and hardscrabble
- scanty and penurious
- beggarly and hardscrabble
- beggarly and penurious
- stingy and hardscrabble
- stingy and penurious
- impoverished and hardscrabble
- impoverished and penurious
- destitute and hardscrabble
- destitute and penurious
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