Destitution - English meaning

Destitution – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.
Usage examples:
The family faced eviction and destitution
Synonims:
Dire poverty Extreme poverty Poverty Impoverishment Insolvency Penury Pennilessness Impecuniousness Privation Indigence Ruin Ruination Pauperdom Hardship Neediness Need Want Dire straits Depr

noun
The state of being without money, food, a home, or possessions
Usage examples:
Destitution has become a major problem in the capital., they both died in poverty and destitution.

Destitution translation into English

Destitution: translate from English into Chinese

穷困潦倒, 穷困, 穷途

Destitution: translate from English into Dutch

Armoede, Hulpbehoevendheid

Destitution: translate from English into French

Misère, Dénuement, Indigence, Pauvreté, Pénurie, Dépouillement, Misère noire

Destitution: translate from English into German

Elend, Not, Armut, Bettelarmut

Destitution: translate from English into Hindi

अभाव, अकिंचनता, गरीबी, निराश्रयता, बेकसी, निराश्रितता, दारिद्रय, कंगालियत

Destitution: translate from English into Italian

Miseria, Destituzione, Meschinità

Destitution: translate from English into Korean

결핍, 결핍 상태

Destitution: translate from English into Russian

Нищета, Нужда, Лишения, Лишение, Недостаток

Destitution: translate from English into Spanish

Indigencia, Miseria

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Destitution – similar words

destitute

adjective
Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Usage examples:
The charity cares for destitute children

adjective
Without money, possessions, or any of the things needed to live
Usage examples:
These groups gathered clothing, schoolbooks, and medical supplies for the destitute flood victims.

adjective
Without money, food, a home, or possessions
Usage examples:
During the global economic crisis many people were left destitute., poverty and destitution are wid…

Destitute - all meanings in English

Destitution synonims

hardship

noun
Severe suffering or privation.
Usage examples:
Intolerable levels of hardship

noun
A condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering
Usage examples:
[ 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
Usage examples:
Financial/economic hardship the price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic ha…

Hardship - all meanings in English

impoverishment

noun
The process of becoming poor; loss of wealth.
Usage examples:
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
Usage examples:
The drought reduced many farmers to impoverishment., progress has meant continued impoverishment an…

Impoverishment - all meanings in English

indigence

noun
A state of extreme poverty; destitution.
Usage examples:
He did valuable work towards the relief of indigence

Indigence - all meanings in English

insolvency

noun
The state of being insolvent.
Usage examples:
The club was facing insolvency

Insolvency - all meanings in English

need

verb
Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.
Usage examples:
I need help now

noun
Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity.
Usage examples:
The basic human need for food

Need - all meanings in English

penury

noun
The state of being very poor; extreme poverty.
Usage examples:
He couldn't face another year of penury

noun
The state of being extremely poor

Penury - all meanings in English

poverty

noun
The state of being extremely poor.
Usage examples:
Thousands of families are living in abject poverty

Poverty - all meanings in English

privation

noun
A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.
Usage examples:
Years of rationing and privation

noun
A lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living
Usage examples:
Economic privation is pushing the poor towards crime., several villages suffered serious privations…

Privation - all meanings in English

ruin

noun
The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
Usage examples:
A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb
Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
Usage examples:
The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb
To spoil or destroy something
Usage examples:
It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

Ruin - all meanings in English

ruination

noun
The action or fact of ruining someone or something or of being ruined.
Usage examples:
Commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people

noun
Destruction
Usage examples:
Alcohol was the ruination of him.

Ruination - all meanings in English

want

verb
Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
Usage examples:
I want an apple

noun
A lack or deficiency of something.
Usage examples:
Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Want - all meanings in English

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