penury
Definitions
Extreme poverty; destitution.
A state of extreme scarcity or insufficiency.
Examples
After losing his fortune in the stock market crash, he was forced to live in absolute penury.
The charitable organization works tirelessly to lift families out of the cycle of grinding penury.
Synonyms
poverty destitution indigence impoverishment need want beggary
Antonyms
wealth affluence prosperity opulence abundance plenty riches