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
Poorish and penurious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poorish" instead an adjective "Penurious".
Nearby Word: penury
Poorish
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and penurious
- poor and poorish
- distressed and penurious
- distressed and poorish
- indigent and penurious
- indigent and poorish
- beggarly and penurious
- beggarly and poorish
- impoverished and penurious
- impoverished and poorish
- destitute and penurious
- destitute and poorish
- penniless and penurious
- penniless and poorish
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