penury[noun]Synonyms: poverty, beggary, destitution, indigence, need, privation, want
Antonyms: luxury
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pen‧u‧ry /ˈpenjəri, ˈpenjʊri/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: penuria]
formal the state of being very poor
Synonym : poverty:
He died in penury in 1644.—penurious /pəˈnjʊəriəs, pɪˈnjʊəriəs $ -ˈnʊr-/
adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲