penurious vs pinched

penurious and pinched both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
penurious	No	Yes	No	No
pinched	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, penurious and pinched are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of penurious include hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless.

penurious (adjective)	pinched (adjective)
not having enough money to pay for necessities	as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
excessively unwilling to spend	sounding as if the nose were pinched
	not having enough money to pay for necessities
	very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold