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Showing words for PENURY using the English dictionary
6 Letter Words for Penury
penury
5 Letter Words for Penury
prune, purey
4 Letter Words for Penury
pern, peru, prey, puer, puny, pure, pyne, pyre, reny, ruen, rune, ryen, rype, yern
3 Letter Words for Penury
ern, eyn, eyr, nep, nur, nye, pen, per, pre, prn, pry, pun, pur, puy, pye, pyr, rep, rue, run, rye, uey, unp, ure, urn, urp, yen, yep, yer, yue, yup
Definitions for Penury
[1] extreme poverty; destitution.
[2] scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency.
[3] extreme poverty
[4] extreme scarcity
Words related to Penury
privation, destitution, dearth, indigence, barrenness, insufficiency, scantiness, need
Words nearby Penury
penuchle, penult, penultimate, penumbra, penurious, penury, penutian, penza, penzance, penzias, peon
Origin of Penury
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin pēnūria; akin to Greek peîna hunger, penía poverty
Word origin for Penury
C15: from Latin pēnūria dearth, of obscure origin
Synonyms for Penury
barrenness, dearth, destitution, indigence, insufficiency, need, privation, scantiness