indigence (Meaning)
indigence (n)
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
indigence (n.)
The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.
Synonyms & Antonyms of indigence
Synonyms:
- wretchedness
- emergency
- want
- insolvency
- privation
- rainy day
- gutter
- bankruptcy
- woe
- destituteness
- penuriousness
- exigency
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
FAQs About the word indigence
a state of extreme poverty or destitutionThe condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, in
pauperism,poverty, impoverishment, destitution, deprivation, impecuniousness, beggary, necessity, impecuniosity, need
richness, wealth,wealth, affluence, opulence, opulence, affluence, richness, prosperity, luxury
The family lived in abject indigence, subsisting on meager scraps and sleeping on a bed of straw.
The elderly woman's indigence forced her to beg on the streets for sustenance.
The refugees arrived at the border in a state of utter indigence, having lost everything in their flight.
The government's austerity measures plunged countless individuals into indigence, exacerbating poverty and hardship.
