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English noun: penury

1. penury (state) a state of extreme poverty or destitution


SamplesTheir indigence appalled him.
A general state of need exists among the homeless.


Synonymsindigence, need, pauperism, pauperization


Broader (hypernym)impoverishment, poorness, poverty


Narrower (hyponym)beggary, mendicancy, mendicity









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