indigence (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *indigence*:
NOUN	state	indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization	a state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution

English > *indigence*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	A state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution.
Example	"their indigence appalled him"
Synonyms	need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
Narrower	beggary, mendicancy, mendicity	The state of being a beggar or mendicant
Broader	poverty, poorness, impoverishment	The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Spanish	indigencia, miseria, necesidad, pauperismo, penuria, pobreza extrema
Catalan	extrema pobresa, indigència, misèria, necessitat, pauperisme, penúria
Adjectives	indigent	poor enough to need help from others

HyperDic: indigence