penury (Meaning)
penury (n)
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
penury (n.)
Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
Penuriousness; miserliness.
Synonyms & Antonyms of penury
Synonyms:
- woe
- want
- insolvency
- destituteness
- austerity
- wretchedness
- emergency
- penuriousness
- rainy day
- bankruptcy
- exigency
- gutter
- privation
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
FAQs About the word penury
a state of extreme poverty or destitutionAbsence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution., Penuriousness; miserliness.
poverty, misery, necessity, indigence, beggary,impoverishment, neediness, impecuniousness, deprivation, destitution
affluence,wealth, richness, affluence, opulence, opulence, wealth, richness, luxury, wealthiness
The family lived in penury, struggling to meet their basic needs.
Poverty and penury ravaged the once-prosperous region.
The man's penury was exacerbated by his addiction.
The war had plunged the nation into penury, leaving its citizens destitute.
