penury

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
• Syn:
indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization
• Derivationally related forms:
pauperize (for: pauperization), penurious, needy (for: need), indigent (for: indigence)
• Hypernyms:
poverty, poorness, impoverishment
• Hyponyms:
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization