Penurious vs Avaricious - What's the difference?
penurious | avaricious | Synonyms |
Miserly; excessively cheap.
Not bountiful; thin; scant.
Impoverished; wanting for money.
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
Penurious is a synonym of avaricious.
As adjectives the difference between penurious and avaricious
is that penurious is miserly; excessively cheap while avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property.penurious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* See alsoavaricious
English
Alternative forms
* avaritious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
