Beggary - English meaning

noun

Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.

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The family faced eviction and destitution

noun

The state of being without money, food, a home, or possessions

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Destitution has become a major problem in the capital., they both died in poverty and destitution.

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

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Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

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[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

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To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

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Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

noun

Severe suffering or privation.

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Intolerable levels of hardship

noun

A condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering

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[ u ] the 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship.

noun

A condition that causes difficulty or suffering, for example, being without a job or enough money

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Financial/economic hardship the price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic ha…

noun

The process of becoming poor; loss of wealth.

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Fifteen years of political instability resulted in widespread impoverishment and famine

noun

The condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor

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The drought reduced many farmers to impoverishment., progress has meant continued impoverishment an…

noun

A state of extreme poverty; destitution.

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He did valuable work towards the relief of indigence

verb

Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.

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I need help now

noun

Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity.

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The basic human need for food

noun

The state of being very poor; extreme poverty.

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He couldn't face another year of penury

noun

The state of being extremely poor

noun

The state of being extremely poor.

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Thousands of families are living in abject poverty

noun

A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.

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Years of rationing and privation

noun

A lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living

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Economic privation is pushing the poor towards crime., several villages suffered serious privations…

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

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A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

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The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

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It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

The action or fact of ruining someone or something or of being ruined.

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Commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people

noun

Destruction

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Alcohol was the ruination of him.

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

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I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

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Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable