BEGGARY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

beggary

noun

ˈbe-gə-rē

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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Recent Examples of beggary Hence his need to construct an elaborate scheme of beggary that seems to have involved the bills being paid initially by the Cabinet office, then by the Conservative Party, then by a private donor, and finally, and only after the whole affair became a political embarrassment, by Johnson himself. —

Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021

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Noun

The United Nations Development Programme reports that higher energy prices, disrupted food systems, and economic slowdowns triggered by the war could push up to thirty-two million people globally into poverty.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
The art world has been in a recession for 15 years, galleries are closing, young collectors are holding back, and artists trying to make it in the major market centers are living on the brink of poverty.

— Magnus Resch, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026