| penury definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | extreme poverty | 376 sets |
| 2 | poverty | 119 sets |
| 3 | poverty; destitution | 43 sets |
| 4 | extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency | 41 sets |
| 5 | extreme poverty; stinginess; adj. penurious: very poor; stingy | 38 sets |
| 6 | a state of extreme poverty or destitution | 32 sets |
| 7 | n. extreme poverty | 31 sets |
| 8 | extreme poverty; destitution | 27 sets |
| 9 | severe poverty; stinginess | 22 sets |
| 10 | an oppressive lack of resource (as money); severe poverty | 21 sets |
| 11 | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency | 20 sets |
| 12 | severe poverty | 14 sets |
| 13 | extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency | 13 sets |
| 14 | destitution | 11 sets |
| 15 | lack of money, property, or necessities | 11 sets |
| 16 | destitution, want, indigence | 10 sets |
| 17 | n. indigence. | 10 sets |
| 18 | indigence | 10 sets |
| 19 | indigence. | 10 sets |
| 20 | n. lack of money, property, necessities | 10 sets |
| 21 | poverty, destitution | 9 sets |
| 22 | lack of money or property; poverty | 8 sets |
| 23 | an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty | 8 sets |
| 24 | (n) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency | 8 sets |
| 25 | extreme want or poverty; destitution | 8 sets |
| 26 | extreme poverty; barreness, insufficiency | 6 sets |
| 27 | (n) poverty; destitution | 6 sets |
| 28 | n. severe poverty; stinginess | 6 sets |
| 29 | definition: extreme poverty barrenness insufficiency synonyms: destitution want indigence antonyms: affluence abundance luxury opulence | 6 sets |
| 30 | n. extreme want or poverty; destitution | 5 sets |
| 31 | (noun) poverty; destitution | 5 sets |
| 32 | n. lack of money, property, or necessities | 5 sets |
| 33 | extreme poverty; also, insufficiency. | 5 sets |
| 34 | lack of money | 5 sets |
| 35 | extreme poverty. | 5 sets |
| 36 | (n) extreme poverty | 5 sets |
| 37 | poverty, absence of resources, destitution | 5 sets |
| 38 | an oppressive lack of resources (as money), severe poverty | 5 sets |
| 39 | severe poverty; stinginess; destitution; | 5 sets |
| 40 | extreme poverty or want | 4 sets |