penurious   (Sound)

The adj penurious has 2 senses

• hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched -- (not having enough money to pay for necessities)


• parsimonious, penurious -- (excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence")