penury
11penury — noun Dylan was oblivious to his brother s wretched state of penury Syn: extreme poverty, destitution, pennilessness, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, pauperism, privation, beggary …
12penury — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin penuria, paenuria want; perhaps akin to Latin paene almost Date: 14th century 1. a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); especially severe poverty 2. extreme and often niggardly frugality …
13penury — /pen yeuh ree/, n. 1. extreme poverty; destitution. 2. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency. [1400 50; late ME < L penuria; akin to Gk peîna hunger, penía poverty] Syn. 1. indigence, need, want. Ant. 1. wealth. * * * …
14penury — noun /ˈpɛnjʊri/ a) extreme want; poverty; destitution. b) a lack of something; a dearth; barrenness; insufficiency …
15penury — Synonyms and related words: bare cupboard, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, deprivation, destitution, empty purse, grinding poverty, gripe, hand to mouth existence, homelessness, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, lack,… …
16penury — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. poverty, lack, indigence, destitution, pauperism. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. need, bankruptcy, destitution; see poverty 1 . See Synonym Study at poverty . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of …
17penury — pen|u|ry [ penjuri ] noun uncount FORMAL the state of being extremely poor …
18penury — pen·u·ry || penjÉ™rɪ / jÊŠr n. poverty, indigence; stinginess, miserliness …
19penury — [ pɛnjʊri] noun extreme poverty. Origin ME: from L. penuria need, scarcity ; perh. related to paene almost …
20penury — n. Indigence, destitution, extreme poverty, want, need …
