BEGGARY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

beggary

noun

ˈbe-gə-rē

Definition of beggary

as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions too many people are homeless and living in shameful beggary in this country

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Noun

If the main predictor of racial disparities in prison is poverty, then denouncing police and prosecutors as racist won't shrink those gaps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The result was 90% of farmers in the country living in poverty with virtually all of them drinking unclean water.

— Adam Duxter, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of poverty

Noun

Waiting for the Jets are the defending AFC champion Patriots and a stadium that has delivered far more misery than milestones.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
With Dunham as creator, showrunner and star, the original series followed a group of friends through the misery and dysfunction of their 20s in New York City.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of misery

Noun

Trump has squeezed tight on the island’s already ailing economy, with a de facto blockade on the importation of oil bringing Cuba to virtual penury.

— Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
Such claims of penury, however, were difficult to square with certain facts.

— Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of penury

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