neediness
111need — [n1] want, requirement charge, commitment, committal, compulsion, demand, desideratum, devoir, duty, essential, exigency, extremity, longing, must, obligation, occasion, ought, requisite, right, the urge, urgency, use, weakness, wish; concepts 20 …
112privation — [n] deprivation destitution, disadvantage, hardship, indigence, lack, necessity, need, neediness, poverty, want; concepts 121,142,709 …
113want — [n1] desire appetite, craving, demand, fancy, hankering, hunger, longing, necessity, need, requirement, thirst, wish, yearning, yen; concept 20 Ant. disinterest, dislike, hate want [n2] lack, need absence, dearth, default, defect, deficiency,… …
114needy — ► ADJECTIVE (needier, neediest) 1) lacking the necessities of life; very poor. 2) needing emotional support; insecure. DERIVATIVES neediness noun …
115impoverished — adjective 1. destroyed financially the broken fortunes of the family • Syn: ↑broken, ↑wiped out • Similar to: ↑destroyed 2. poor enough to need help from others • Syn: ↑ …
116impoverishment — noun 1. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions • Syn: ↑poverty, ↑poorness • Ant: ↑wealth (for: ↑poverty) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
117needy — adj. (needier, neediest) 1 (of a person) poor; destitute. 2 (of circumstances) characterized by poverty. Derivatives: neediness n …
118poverty-stricken — adjective poor enough to need help from others • Syn: ↑destitute, ↑impoverished, ↑indigent, ↑necessitous, ↑needy • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
