PENURY Synonyms

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution

• a state without friends or money or prospects

• the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

• the act of making someone poor

• a state of extreme poverty

• the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree

• the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

• a small and inadequate amount

• a state of extreme poverty

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• a specific feeling of desire

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• have need of

• hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

• wish or demand the presence of

• be without, lack; be deficient in

• the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

• the quality of yielding nothing of value

• a lack of competence

• (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

• a condition requiring relief

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution

• require as useful, just, or proper

• have need of

• have or feel a need for

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution

• the act of making someone poor