English Explanatory Dictionary

pennilessness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being penniless.
  2. Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”).

Word forms

pennilessness

Etymology

From penniless + -ness.

Synonyms

moneylessness brokeness beggary destitution impecuniosity impecuniousness indigence mendicancy mendicity misery neediness pauperism penury poverty privation reduced circumstances straitened circumstances

Translations

Finnish: rahattomuus Greek: αδεκαρία Hungarian: pénztelenség Indonesian: kemelaratan Kannada: ಅಕಿಂಚನ್ಯ Russian: безде́нежье
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