penury [noun]

Definition of penury:

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

Synonyms of penury:

● Indigence

● Need

● Pauperism

● Pauperization

● Poverty

● Destitution

● Neediness

● Privation

● Beggary


Opposite/Antonyms of penury:

● Wealth

● Affluence

● Opulence

● Lavishness

● Plenty

● Abundance

● Liberality

● Overabundance

● Bounty

● Cornucopia


Sentence/Example of penury:

Price rises due to his stealth taxes have reduced thousands like me to utter penury.