English-German translations for penurious

• karg
• unfruchtbar

Definition of penurious

• Miserly; excessively cheap
• Not bountiful; thin; scant
• Impoverished; wanting for money

Examples

• The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
• The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
• The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

Related words

• penury
• penuriously
• be reduced to penury