IMPOVERISHED Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word impoverished. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for IMPOVERISHED
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bankrupt | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts adjective satellite • financially ruined verb • reduce to bankruptcy | ||||||||
broke | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking funds | ||||||||
destitute | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others • completely wanting or lacking | ||||||||
disadvantaged | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | ||||||||
impecunious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||||||||
indigent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others | ||||||||
insolvent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • unable to meet or discharge financial obligations noun • someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | ||||||||
necessitous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others | ||||||||
needy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • needy people collectively adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others • demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree | ||||||||
penniless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||||||||
penurious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not having enough money to pay for necessities • excessively unwilling to spend | ||||||||
poor | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having little money or few possessions • characterized by or indicating poverty • lacking in quality or substances noun • people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) adjective satellite • deserving or inciting pity • of insufficient quantity to meet a need | ||||||||
poverty-stricken | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others | ||||||||
underprivileged | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society | ||||||||
deplete | verbv | |||||||
verb • use up (resources or materials) | ||||||||
deprive | verbv | |||||||
verb • take away possessions from someone • keep from having, keeping, or obtaining • take away | ||||||||
ruin | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction • a ruined building • the process of becoming dilapidated • an event that results in destruction • failure that results in a loss of position or reputation • destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined verb • destroy completely; damage irreparably • destroy or cause to fail • reduce to bankruptcy • reduce to ruins • deprive of virginity • fall into ruin |