Related Words for destitution

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Word	Syllables	Categories
poverty	/xx	Noun, Noun
penury	/xx	Noun
wretchedness	/xx	Noun
misery	/xx	Noun
impoverishment	x/xx	Noun
squalor	/x	Noun
destitute	/xx	Noun
hardship	/x	Noun
starvation	x/x	Noun
abject	/x	Adjective
privation	x/x	Noun
hopelessness	/xx	Noun
desolation	xx/x	Noun
homelessness	/xx	Noun
despondency	x/xx	Noun
desperation	xx/x	Noun
famine	/x	Noun
despair	x/	Noun
abjection	//x	Noun
poorhouse	/x	Noun
imbecility	/x/xx	Noun
precariousness	x/xxx	Noun
deprivation	xx/x	Noun
devastation	xx/x	Noun
debility	x/xx	Noun
dejection	x/x	Noun
loneliness	/xx	Noun
helplessness	/xx	Noun
alienation	xxx/x	Noun
dispossession	xx/x	Noun
penniless	/xx	Adjective
abasement	x/x	Noun
alleviation	xxx/x	Noun
disenfranchisement	xx/xx	Noun
powerlessness	/xxx	Noun
calamity	x/xx	Noun
abandonment	x/xx	Noun
criminality	xx/xx	Noun
irremediable	xx/xxx	Adjective
disempowerment	xx/xx	Noun
perishing	/xx	Noun
anguish	/x	Noun
estrangement	x/x	Noun
suffering	/xx	Noun
affluence	/xx	Noun
ruination	/x/x	Noun
amelioration	xxx/x	Noun
persecution	xx/x	Noun
disaffection	xx/x	Noun
pauperism	/xxx	Noun
marginalization	xxxx/x	Noun
oppression	x/x	Noun
agony	/xx	Noun
extravagance	x/xx	Noun
servitude	/xx	Noun
demoralization	xxxx/x	Noun
lawlessness	/xx	Noun
hunger	/x	Noun
malnutrition	xx/x	Noun
illiteracy	x/xxx	Noun
backwardness	/xx	Noun
injustice	x/x	Noun
indolence	/xx	Noun
indifference	x/xx	Noun
incapacity	xx/xx	Noun
underclass	/xx	Noun
joblessness	/xx	Noun
immorality	xx/xx	Noun
insecurity	xx/xx	Noun
humiliation	xxx/x	Noun
obscurity	x/xx	Noun
pitiable	/xxx	Adjective
workhouse	/x	Noun
indignity	x/xx	Noun
feebleness	/xx	Noun
unemployment	xx/x	Noun
immobility	xx/xx	Noun
stagnation	x/x	Noun
subsistence	x/x	Noun
vagrancy	/xx	Noun
desertion	x/x	Noun
barbarity	x/xx	Noun
unhappiness	x/xx	Noun
barbarism	/xxx	Noun
sickness	/x	Noun
strife	/	Noun
distress	x/	Noun
cruelty	/x	Noun
unrest	x/	Noun
underemployment	xxx/x	Noun
depravity	x/xx	Noun
intolerable	x/xxx	Adjective
barrenness	/xx	Noun
despotism	/xxx	Noun
indigent	/xx	Noun
ignominy	/xxx	Noun
opulence	/xx	Noun
avarice	/xx	Noun
marginality	/x/xx	Noun
dislocation	x//x	Noun
bleakness	/x	Noun
inhumanity	xx/xx	Noun
disillusion	xx/x	Noun
profligacy	/xxx	Noun
subjugation	/x/x	Noun
worthlessness	/xx	Noun
idleness	/xx	Noun
forsaking	x/x	Verb
debarment	x/x	Noun
dereliction	xx/x	Noun
desert	/x	Noun
derelict	/xx	Noun
utter	/x	Adjective
vagrant	/x	Adjective
stave	/	Verb
verge	/	Noun
nudity	/xx	Noun
brink	/	Noun
catastrophe	x/xx	Noun
dearth	/	Noun
die	/	Verb, Noun
disaster	x/x	Noun
dismissal	x/x	Noun
frugality	x/xx	Noun
gutter	/x	Noun, Verb
impeachment	x/x	Noun
insignificance	xx/xx	Noun
need	/	Verb, Noun
paucity	/xx	Noun
pittance	/x	Noun
plight	/	Noun, Verb
poor	/	Adjective, Noun, Verb
removal	x/x	Noun
require	x/x	Verb
scarcity	/xx	Noun
shortage	/x	Noun
trifle	/x	Noun, Verb
want	/	Verb, Noun
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
save	/	Verb, Noun
off	/	Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fall	/	Verb, Noun
get	/	Verb, Noun
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb