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ˈpɛn yə ripenu·ry
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
penury
Poverty denotes strictly lack of property or adequate means of support, but in common use is a relative term denoting any condition below that of easy, comfortable living; privation denotes a condition of painful lack of what is useful or desirable, tho not to the extent of absolute distress; indigence is lack of ordinary means of subsistence; destitution is lack of the comforts, and in part even of the necessaries of life; penury is especially cramping poverty, possibly not so sharp as destitution, but continuous, while that may be temporary; pauperism is such destitution as throws one upon organized public charity for support; beggary and mendicancy denote poverty that appeals for indiscriminate private charity.
Synonyms:
beggary, destitution, distress, indigence, mendicancy, need, pauperism, poverty, privation, want
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
penury
Synonyms:
wart, privation, poverty, indigence, impecuniosity, destitution, beggaryAntonyms:
competence, wealth, affluence, pecuniosity
Princeton's WordNet
indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationnoun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
"their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
Synonyms:
motive, need, pauperism, demand, impoverishment, pauperization, indigence, motivation, pauperisation, want
Dictionary of English Synonymes
penurynoun
Synonyms:
indigence, destitution, beggary, mendicancy, pauperism, extreme poverty
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