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Meanings of
penury
in English
Portuguese
indigência
Catalan
misèria
Spanish
miseria
Back to the meaning
A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
need
pauperism
indigence
pauperization
Portuguese
indigência
Lack of the means of subsistence.
poverty
privation
destitution
Synonyms
Examples for "
poverty
"
poverty
privation
destitution
Examples for "
poverty
"
1
Kosovo's appalling environmental problems are part of a deeper problem: chronic
poverty
.
2
Food
poverty
is a huge problem in Ireland and throughout the EU.
3
The company said it wanted to tackle period
poverty
in New Zealand.
4
We want greater recognition of the depth of the food
poverty
problem.
5
They talk a good game about prosperity, but deliver crime and
poverty
.
1
His happiness was evidently incomplete in the
privation
of a similar pair.
2
One great
privation
in this winter travelling is the want of water.
3
It was meant to be boom-time after decades of war and
privation
.
4
Another is reared in poverty and has to toil and suffer
privation
.
5
Nor had the
privation
of the long journey dimmed in my mind.
1
It puts every ordinary working family at risk of falling into
destitution
.
2
This was done in but few instances, the general
destitution
forbidding it.
3
There are millions of people living in
destitution
crying out for help.
4
The cause of the
destitution
of the proletariat are then set forth.
5
Yet it was still in a pitiable state of weakness and
destitution
.
Usage of
penury
in English
1
And that was the truth; for their comfort had changed into
penury
.
2
They lived in
penury
for three years before returning to San Diego.
3
I left the millions of Italy, and I find spoliation and
penury
.
4
He was reduced many times to the very last extreme of
penury
.
5
His
penury
coincided with the peak of his power, influence, and celebrity.
6
To have brought
penury
to his lady-love struck him to the heart.
7
What would have satisfied the ancient would seem to us like
penury
.
8
Never was
penury
of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment so happily disguised.
9
Never were
penury
of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment so happily disguised.
10
Our Universities are impoverished of learning, by the
penury
of their provisions.
11
A few years of an old man's life hi
penury
and obscurity.
12
The rest of his life was a blur of
penury
and dissolution.
13
And that rivalry drove all other merchant houses in Altaruk into
penury
.
14
All need relief from the
penury
that fuels domestic violence and sometimes prostitution.
15
The years of his youth are lost; his father has died in
penury
.
16
That means not forcing employees to choose between
penury
and working while coughing.
Other examples for "penury"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
penury
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
absolute penury
reduce to penury
utter penury
such penury
abject penury
More collocations
Translations for
penury
Portuguese
indigência
miséria
Catalan
misèria
necessitat
penúria
indigència
extrema pobresa
Spanish
miseria
necesidad
Penury
through the time
Penury
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common