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Penurious vs Indigence - What's the difference?

penurious | indigence |

As an adjective penurious

is miserly; excessively cheap.

As a noun indigence is

extreme poverty or destitution.

penurious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Miserly; excessively cheap.
    • The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
  • Not bountiful; thin; scant.
    • The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
  • Impoverished; wanting for money.
    • The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

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    Related terms

    * penury

    indigence

    English

    Noun

  • extreme poverty or destitution

    • Synonyms

    * indigency

    Antonyms

    * affluence

    Related terms

    * indigent

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