Know Your Next Word : penury

24. penury :



noun :

1. extreme poverty

2. destitution, scarcity, dearth, inadequacy, insufficiency



Related Forms :

Penurious : adjective

penuriously : adverb

penuriousness : noun



  • They were exposed to hardship and penury.

  • It arises in neither from penury of thought.

  • A penury of military forces.



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