indigence

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
• Syn:
need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
• Derivationally related forms:
pauperize (for: pauperization), penurious (for: penury), needy (for: need), indigent
• Hypernyms:
poverty, poorness, impoverishment
• Hyponyms:
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  need, penury, pauperism, pauperization