The feast of Ravenswood Castle was as remarkable for its profusion as that of Wolf's Crag had been for its ill-veiled penury.
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Penury
//ˈpɛnjʊɹi//
Synonyms for "penury" (42 found)
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30 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- липса noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
- недостиг noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
- сиромашия noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Czech
4 entries- bída noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- chudoba noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- nedostatek noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
- nouze noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Esperanto
2 entries- malriĉeco noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- senhaveco noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Finnish
2 entries- köyhyys noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- puute noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
French
1 entries- pénurie noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
Greek
4 entries- ένδεια noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- ανέχεια noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- ανέχεια noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
- ανεπάρκεια noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوقسوللق noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Russian
3 entries- недоста́ток noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
- нищета́ noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- нужда́ noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- neimaština noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Spanish
3 entries- pauperismo noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- pobreza noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- pobrisimo noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Turkish
3 entries- yokluk noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
- yoksulluk noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
- yoksunluk noun (lack of something — see also dearth, scarcity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- біднота́ noun (extreme need or want — see also destitution, poverty)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Can Tebboune lead Algeria from penury to prosperity?
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The artist lived in cheerful penury, valuing his freedom more than comfort.
Source: tatoeba (13557570)
Tom's early life of penury shaped his later obsession with wealth.
Source: tatoeba (13557621)
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