penurious

Adjective

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

• not having enough money to pay for necessities

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  parsimonious , hard up , impecunious , in straitened circumstances(p) , penniless , pinched