penury
English Thesaurus
1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)
hypernym | : | impoverishment, poorness, poverty, |
definition | : | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity, |
definition | : | the state of being a beggar or mendicant (noun.state) |
derivation | : | destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken, |
definition | : | poor enough to need help from others (adj.all) |
derivation | : | hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched, |
definition | : | not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all) |
derivation | : | destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken, |
definition | : | poor enough to need help from others (adj.all) |
derivation | : | hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched, |
definition | : | not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all) |
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