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Meaning of "penuriousness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PENURIOUSNESS

pɪˈnjʊərɪəsnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENURIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Penuriousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENURIOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of penuriousness in the English dictionary

The definition of penuriousness in the dictionary is the condition of being mean or niggardly.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENURIOUSNESS

cariousness · contrariousness · curiousness · deliriousness · gloriousness · hilariousness · imperiousness · incuriousness · ingloriousness · laboriousness · meritoriousness · multifariousness · mysteriousness · opprobriousness · spuriousness · temerariousness · tenebriousness · unseriousness · uproariousness · victoriousness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENURIOUSNESS

pentyl acetate · pentylene · pentylenetetrazol · penuche · penuchle · penuckle · penult · penultima · penultimate · penultimately · penumbra · penumbrae · penumbral · penumbrous · penurious · penuriously · penury · Penutian · penwiper · penwoman

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENURIOUSNESS

biliousness · business · carelessness · consciousness · deliciousness · deviousness · flawlessness · heedlessness · helplessness · homelessness · hopelessness · lawlessness · nervousness · preciousness · restlessness · ridiculousness · righteousness · seriousness · statelessness · unconsciousness · viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of penuriousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «penuriousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENURIOUSNESS

Find out the translation of penuriousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of penuriousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «penuriousness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

penuriousness
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tacañería
570 millions of speakers
en

English

penuriousness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

penuriousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

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البخل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

penuriousness
278 millions of speakers
pt

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indigência
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

penuriousness
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

avarice
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Penipuan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Geiz
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

penuriousness
130 millions of speakers
ko

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penuriousness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Penipu
85 millions of speakers
vi

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penuriousness
80 millions of speakers
ta

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penuriousness
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दारिद्रय
75 millions of speakers
tr

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penuriousness
70 millions of speakers
it

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grettezza
65 millions of speakers
pl

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penuriousness
50 millions of speakers
uk

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penuriousness
40 millions of speakers
ro

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penuriousness
30 millions of speakers
el

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penuriousness
15 millions of speakers
af

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penuriousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

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penuriousness
10 millions of speakers
no

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penuriousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of penuriousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENURIOUSNESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about penuriousness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENURIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of penuriousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to penuriousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Economy and penuriousness, for instance, are often confounded, both individually and nationally, yet they are essentially opposite. Penuriousness consists in saving expense, where a more liberal system would be wise and proper.
Freeman Hunt, 1860
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Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Economy and penuriousness, lor iustauce, are often confounded, both individually and nationally, yet they are essentially opposite. Penuriousness consists in saving expense, where a more liberal system would be wise and proper.
Freeman Hunt, 1860
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Economy and penuriousness, for instance, are often confounded, both individually and nationally, yet they are cssentinlly opposite. Penuriousness consists in saving expense, where a more liberal system would be wise and proper.
‎1860
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A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].
ON EXTRAVAGANCE AND PENURIOUSNESS. Extravagance signifies a wandering beyond the bounds of propriety ; consequently, the person who deviates from consistent conduct is extravagant in his actions; he who entertains absurd ...
James Flamank, 1833
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The Hypochondriack, Volume 2
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The Hypochondriack, Volume 2
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Guanzi: Political, Economic, and Philosophical Essays from ...
If the prince is discerning in the management of gold, he understands the difference between extravagance and penuriousness. If he understands this, his expenditures will be properly controlled. Now, penuriousness harms production;  ...
Zhong Guan, 2001
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Leisure Hours
SELF _InrnREs'r AND PENURIOUSNEss.—- For man to look out for the interest of himself and family cannot be called.' penuriousness. It is on the contrary, the imperative duty of heads of families to buy as cheaply as they can, no matter from  ...
J. Trainor King, 1868
8
Ariel and the Police: Michel Foucault, William James, ...
But Gilbert must do more than ignore those experiences: she must appropriate real economic penuriousness as metaphor for the spiritual sort that characterizes the situation of the aristocratic lady of literary aspiration in the nineteenth century  ...
Frank Lentricchia, 1989
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Secrets of Power Persuasion for Salespeople
Penuriousness. The sixth kind of clamis the penny pincher. This person is so penurious that hegets nervous aboutthe possibility ofhaving to spend some money. You can spot these people because they're talkative, until the time you start ...
Roger Dawson, 2012
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The Guide to Knowledge
Guy was penuriousness personified. Be it so; may such pcnuriousness always be the minister of such blessings to whole generations of suffering human beings. How are we to know that he whom we stigmatize as stingy may not have some ...
‎1837

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENURIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term penuriousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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So far, Jordan Morris has made all the right moves
... and though the transfer price isn't known, the league has to be concerned that if it lets Morris slip away, either by process or penuriousness, ... «Soccer America, Jun 15»
2
Can Mets count on broken-down captain David Wright in pennant …
Bashed repeatedly for their penuriousness, whenever it seems the Mets owners have dug deep in their pockets on a big dollar contract — see: ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
3
Vote For The BCB Cubs Minor League Pitcher Of The Month
Well, the Braves' penuriousness is the Cubs' gain. In five relief appearances for the I-Cubs in April, Russell did not allow a run in 7⅔ innings. «Bleed Cubbie Blue, May 15»
4
Air Canada Flight 624 wreckage to be moved off Halifax runway
I'd be blaming the generally penuriousness of the Canadian public. We don't like to spend money on stuff." He added: "Everybody likes to ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
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How your business can fail after raising a fortune on Kickstarter: Best …
During her two and a half year stint Mayer has frustrated the press by apportioning her availabilities with medicine-dropper penuriousness. «SmartCompany.com.au, Mar 15»
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Marissa Mayer Has Completed Step One
During her two and a half year stint Mayer has frustrated the press by apportioning her availabilities with medicine-dropper penuriousness. «Backchannel, Mar 15»
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Greg Cote: All-Star Game acquisition is further proof Jeffrey Loria …
(As a quick aside, the penuriousness is on Loria, and he has not had a bigger critic on that than me, but any lingering animus over the stadium ... «MiamiHerald.com, Feb 15»
8
The Victory of Penelope Fitzgerald
... book, for all the problems and penuriousness of its subject, is a study in imaginative abundance and in connections, of body, mind, and spirit. «The New York Review of Books, Nov 14»
9
Florida's flawed Death System
Instead, the focus most often falls on the incompetence, indifference, demagoguery, penuriousness and ineptitude that the state displays in ... «Florida Weekly, Oct 14»
10
Lazarus Rising
Pulitzer, a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant, was disgusted by the penuriousness of the American public and tried to raise money to build the ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 14»
REFERENCE
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