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:
- gutter
- austerity
- bankruptcy
- exigency
- wretchedness
- destituteness
- privation
- emergency
- rainy day
- insolvency
- want
- woe
- penuriousness
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
penury Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The old woman's penury was a constant torment for her.
- The children suffered from malnutrition due to their family's extreme penury.
- The government failed to alleviate the penury that afflicted the rural population.
- The penury of the slums was a stark reminder of the vast inequalities in society.
- The once-affluent businessman had fallen into penury after a series of misfortunes.
- The country's penury was a major obstacle to economic development.
FAQs About the word penury
a state of extreme poverty or destitutionAbsence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution., Penuriousness; miserliness.
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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.
