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penury - Dictionary definition and meaning for penury

PENURY

  • (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution

    "their indigence appalled him", "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

    synonyms : indigence , need , pauperism , pauperization

    He was forced to live in near penury. -added by naila_inlas

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Mnemonics for penury

  • (Tag: ) pen+ru(pee).........no rupee to buy a pen

    added by pinki6    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) pen (penny) + ury (uri means ud gayi in hindi) means penny penny ud gayi matlab poverty

    added by cp.jethani    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: telugu) in telugu ury means hanging urself,so no mny to buy a pen also so ury veskunadu

    added by vsudhir90    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) penniless

    added by amit251285    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: pisinari(telugu)) penury sounds like pisinari in telugu language which means very stingy to spend money or even poor

    added by karthikeya    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Imagine a poor person dropping all his PENNIES in a men's bathroom and some of them roll into the URNAL.

    added by Jackery    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Penury-Consider the person who puts Urine in pen istead of ink beacause of his poverty

    added by rohan88    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: manure) penury = live in manure

    added by cheesefries    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) pen + ury(sounds noorie) >>> noorie doesn have money to buy a pen also.. she is that poor...

    added by RajeshBorkar    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) penury-pe(e)+noorie ,because you nooiri is ver poor

    added by fun4k    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: EN) doesnt have any peny!!

    added by amirhossein.ghods    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: english) penury -peon which is the low post holder in the office ,so has to spend his life in the poverty

    added by santosh pokhrel    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: penury) pe is a rich person who usually "pe" on nooriie who belongs to poor family

    added by abatra    editEdit Mnemonic

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