beggary

noun

ˈbe-gə-rē How to pronounce beggary (audio)
Definition of beggarynext
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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  1. poverty
  2. misery
  3. penury
Noun
  • The war is threatening years of progress in education and poverty reduction in Bangladesh, whose economy already was under strain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • New York assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, a democratic socialist, spoke at a rally on Thursday protesting against jailing people who steal items, such as personal care products, as a result of living in poverty.
    — Emily Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of poverty
Noun
  • Elci said the uncertainty — and being taken off the air for even a day — was misery.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Another finds his misery exacerbated by a Christmas spent shooting a war movie opposite its star Brad Pitt’s stand-in, in a rare evocation of how impersonal blockbuster filmmaking has become.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 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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“Beggary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggary. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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