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61frugality — [n] economizing avarice, avariciousness, carefulness, conservation, economy, forehandedness, good management, miserliness, moderation, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penuriousness, providence, prudence, saving, scrimping, stinginess …
62penurious — [pe nyoor′ē əs, penoor′ē əs] adj. [ML penuriosus < L penuria: see PENURY] 1. unwilling to part with money or possessions; mean; miserly; stingy 2. characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished SYN. STINGY1 penuriously adv. penuriousness n …
63stingy — stingy1 [stin′jē] adj. stingier, stingiest [< * stinge, dial. form of STING] 1. giving or spending grudgingly or only through necessity; mean; miserly 2. less than needed or expected; scanty stingily adv. stinginess n. SYN. STINGY1 …
64hard up — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑impecunious, ↑in straitened circumstances, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑pen …
65impoverishment — noun 1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions • Syn: ↑poverty, ↑poorness • Ant: ↑wealth (for: ↑poverty) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
66in straitened circumstances — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑hard up, ↑impecunious, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
67parsimonious — adjective excessively unwilling to spend parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses lived in a most penurious manner denying himself every indulgence • Syn: ↑penurious • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous …
68penurious — adj. 1 poor; destitute. 2 stingy; grudging. 3 scanty. Derivatives: penuriously adv. penuriousness n. Etymology: med.L penuriosus (as PENURY) …
69pinched — adjective 1. sounding as if the nose were pinched (Freq. 1) a whining nasal voice • Syn: ↑adenoidal, ↑nasal • Similar to: ↑high, ↑high pitched • …
70stinginess — noun a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money • Ant: ↑generosity • Derivationally related forms: ↑stingy • Hypernyms: ↑trait • Hyponyms: ↑meanness …
