📖 Definitions of "Penury"
noun
- 1
Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
- 2
A lack of something; a dearth.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| indigencenoun | Extreme poverty or destitution. |
| pauperismnoun | The state of being a pauper; poverty. |
| neednoun | (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed. |
| povertynoun | The quality or state of being poor; lack of money |
| shortagenoun | A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount. |
| scarcitynoun | (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient. |
| lacknoun | A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth. |
| dearthnoun | (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply. |
| paucitynoun | A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth. |
| pittancenoun | A meagre allowance of money or wages. |
| miserynoun | Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. |
| wretchednessnoun | An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering. |
| destitutionnoun | An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support. |
| hardshipnoun | Difficulty or trouble; hard times. |
| deprivationnoun | (uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack. |
| distressnoun | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| squalornoun | Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty |
| emergencynoun | (sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention. |
| wantnoun | (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand. |
| shortfallnoun | The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed. |
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