English > penury: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution. |
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| Synonyms | indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization |
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| Narrower | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity | The state of being a beggar or mendicant |
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| Broader | poverty, poorness, impoverishment | The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
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| Spanish | indigencia, miseria, necesidad, pauperismo, penuria, pobreza extrema |
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| Catalan | extrema pobresa, indigència, misèria, necessitat, pauperisme, penúria |
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| Adjectives | penurious | not having enough money to pay for necessities |
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