penury
Meaning of penury
noun
- Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
- A lack of something; a dearth.
Information about penury
- It is a name.
- The plural form of penury is: penuries.
- Languages in which penury is used:
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Hyphenation of penury
penury
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- penury is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
penury synonyms
Meaning indigence:
indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization
Meaning :
Translation of penury
- German: Armut, Elend
- Spanish: pobreza, miseria
- French: pauvreté, misère
- Italian: povertà, indigenza, miseria
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