PENURIOUSNESS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

penuriousness

noun

Definition of penuriousness

as in economy

the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents

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as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern

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Noun

The Iranian economy has been under duress for years in the face of international sanctions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Central banks were mostly set up initially to backstop banks and eventually began trying to regulate the temperature of economies by tweaking the cost of their funding by moving their overnight interest rates up and down.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of economy

Noun

Much of the area is marked by poverty and residents routinely complain they are left to fend for themselves during natural disasters.

— MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Economy Minister Luis Caputo acknowledged Thursday’s increase on social media but emphasized that poverty remained far below the levels recorded during Milei’s first months in office.

— Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of poverty

Noun

In this way, simple cheapness becomes the rationale for pumping yet more carbon emissions into the atmosphere to import lumber produced through the destruction of overseas forests.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
The cheapness of a people for whom other peoples’ lives are cheap.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of cheapness

Noun

His Lamb goes from a brash Yorkshire showman to a callous profiteer of human vice and misery, his cheeky smile becoming a vicious snarl.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Sunday’s results, coupled with the trouncing in Saxony-Anhalt earlier this month, heap misery on an already beleaguered Merz.

— Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of misery

Noun

Data from the European Forest Fire Information System shows that the Leon providence had some of Spain’s worst wildfires on record in 2025, per France 24.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
Have faith in His providence, even if your heart feels too broken to accept it right now.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of providence

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