penury
How many syllables in penury?
There are 3 syllables in the word penury.How to pronounce penury:
Synonyms for penury:
beggary
deprivation
destitution
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
impoverishment
indigence
mendicancy
mendicity
misery
necessity
need
neediness
pauperism
pauperization
poorness
poverty
privation
straitened circumstances
want
Antonyms for penury:
abundance
adequacy
advantage
affluence
ampleness
benefit
blessing
bliss
boom
bountifulness
bounty
calmness
capital
cheer
comfort
comfortableness
contentedness
contentment
convenience
copiousness
cosiness
coziness
ease
easefulness
easiness
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