Destitution synonyms
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The condition of being indigent
The definition of a want is something desired or wished for.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
poverty (related)
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
Beggarly appearance.
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
The property of being impecunious.
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The state of being impoverished.
Necessity; obligation:
The state of being needy
The state or quality of being penniless.
The quality of being penurious.
Penury is defined as extreme poverty or lacking basic necessities.
rich (related)
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
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grinding-poverty (related)
pauperism (related)
misery (related)
injustice (related)
squalor (related)
Find another word for destitution. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for destitution, like: indigence, want, privation, poverty, beggary, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, need, neediness and pennilessness.