DESTITUTIONS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word destitutions. (close relations)
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| destitution | nounn | |||||
noun • a state without friends or money or prospects | ||||||
| hardship | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of misfortune or affliction • something hard to endure • something that causes or entails suffering | ||||||
| impoverishment | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions • the act of making someone poor | ||||||
| indigence | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty or destitution | ||||||
| insufficiency | nounn | |||||
noun • a lack of competence • (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally • lack of an adequate quantity or number | ||||||
| neediness | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty • the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree | ||||||
| penury | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty or destitution | ||||||
| poverty | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||||||
| privation | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty • act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | ||||||
| want | verbv | |||||
noun • 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 verb • 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 | ||||||
