Synonym: need, pauperism, pauperization, penury. Similar words: indigent, indigenous, intelligence agency, indigestion, diligence, intelligence, intransigence, indulgence. Meaning: ['ɪndɪdʒəns] 
n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution.
n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution. (1) Their indigence appalled him.
(2) Dickens contrasts the opulence of France's nobility with indigence of her peasants.
(3) His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
(4) Dickens contrasts the opulence of Frances nobility with the indigence of her peasants.
(5) The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.
More similar words: indigent, indigenous, intelligence agency, indigestion, diligence, intelligence, intransigence, indulgence, indifference, indignant, indignity, exigency, indignantly, indignation, belligerence, insurgence, resurgence, divergence, divulgence, effulgence, convergence, absence of mind, independent agency, independence, declaration of independence, digestive system, exigent, diligent, negligent, diligently.