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penury
pen·u·ry P0175600 (pĕn′yə-rē)n. Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
[Middle English penurie, from Latin pēnūria, want.]penury (ˈpɛnjʊrɪ) n1. extreme poverty2. extreme scarcity[C15: from Latin pēnūria dearth, of obscure origin]pen•u•ry (ˈpɛn yə ri)
n. 1. extreme poverty; destitution. 2. scarcity or lack; insufficiency. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin pēnūria; akin to Greek peîna hunger, penía poverty] penuryextreme poverty or destitution. — penurious, adj.See also: PovertyThesaurus| Noun | 1. | penury - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"indigence, pauperism, pauperization, needimpoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessionsmendicancy, mendicity, beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy" |
penurynoun poverty, want, need, privation, destitution, straitened circumstances, beggary, indigence, pauperismpenurynounThe condition of being extremely poor:beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, poverty, privation, want.TranslationsGeizένδειαpenuriapovertàmiseriamisero
EncyclopediaSeepovertypenury
Related to penury: indigence, sublimeSynonyms for penurynoun povertySynonyms- poverty
- want
- need
- privation
- destitution
- straitened circumstances
- beggary
- indigence
- pauperism
Synonyms for penurynoun the condition of being extremely poorSynonyms- beggary
- destitution
- impecuniosity
- impecuniousness
- impoverishment
- indigence
- need
- neediness
- pennilessness
- penuriousness
- poverty
- privation
- want
Synonyms for penurynoun a state of extreme poverty or destitutionSynonyms- indigence
- pauperism
- pauperization
- need
Related Words- impoverishment
- poorness
- poverty
- mendicancy
- mendicity
- beggary
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