Destitute - English meaning

Destitute – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Usage examples:
The charity cares for destitute children
Synonims:
Penniless Impoverished Poverty-stricken Poor Impecunious Indigent Down and out Pauperized Without a penny to one's name Insolvent Ruined Needy In need In want Hard up On the breadline Hard-pr

adjective
Without money, possessions, or any of the things needed to live
Usage examples:
These groups gathered clothing, schoolbooks, and medical supplies for the destitute flood victims.

adjective
Without money, food, a home, or possessions
Usage examples:
During the global economic crisis many people were left destitute., poverty and destitution are wid…

Destitute translation into English

Destitute: translate from English into Chinese

贫困, 贫穷, 穷困, 贫苦, 贫, 贫寒, 剥夺, 穷困者

Destitute: translate from English into Dutch

Berooid, Ontbloot, Verstoken, Behoeftig, Hulpbehoevend, Misdeeld

Destitute: translate from English into French

Dépourvu, Dans le dénuement, Indigent, Pauvre, Sans ressource

Destitute: translate from English into German

Mittellos, Verarmt, Bettelarm, Not leidend

Destitute: translate from English into Hindi

निराश्रित, बेसहारा, दीन, मुहताज, रहित, बेकस, निरालंब, निराश्रय, विहीन, निःसहाय, अकिंचन

Destitute: translate from English into Italian

Indigente, Privo, Destituito, Bisognoso, Mendicante

Destitute: translate from English into Korean

난민, 결핍한, 빈곤한

Destitute: translate from English into Russian

Обездоленный, Нуждающиеся, Лишенный, Бедные, Сильно нуждающийся

Destitute: translate from English into Spanish

Indigente, Destituido, Desprovisto, Pobre

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘deserted, abandoned, empty’): from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere ‘forsake’, from de- ‘away from’ + statuere ‘to place’.

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Destitute synonims

impecunious

adjective
Having little or no money.
Usage examples:
A titled but impecunious family

adjective
Having very little money
Usage examples:
The company suffered huge losses as its young, impecunious buyers failed to start to make payments …

Impecunious - all meanings in English

impoverished

adjective
(of a person or area) made poor.
Usage examples:
Impoverished villages

verb
Make (a person or area) poor.
Usage examples:
The wars had impoverished him

adjective
Extremely poor
Usage examples:
An impoverished family

Impoverished - all meanings in English

indigent

adjective
Poor; needy.
Usage examples:
A charity for the relief of indigent artists

noun
A needy person.
Usage examples:
Automatons, illiterates and indigents of every shape and size, don't stop but aid this cruel crusad…

adjective
Having no money or anything else of value
Usage examples:
An indigent family

Indigent - all meanings in English

insolvent

adjective
Unable to pay debts owed.
Usage examples:
The company became insolvent

noun
An insolvent person.
Usage examples:
Since when did insolvents have the right to impose their failed prescriptions on flourishing entrep…

adjective
(esp. of a company) unable to pay what you owe because you do not have enough money
Usage examples:
When it discovered the loans could not be repaid, the bank became insolvent.

Insolvent - all meanings in English

needy

adjective
(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor.
Usage examples:
Needy and elderly people

Needy - all meanings in English

pauperized

verb
Make very poor; impoverish.
Usage examples:
The party pauperized the country while claiming to be empowering its people

Pauperized - all meanings in English

penniless

adjective
(of a person) having no money; very poor.
Usage examples:
A penniless young student

adjective
Without any money at all
Usage examples:
A penniless youth

adjective
Without any money at all
Usage examples:
A series of bad investments left him almost penniless.

Penniless - all meanings in English

poor

adjective
Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.
Usage examples:
They were too poor to afford a telephone

Poor - all meanings in English

poverty-stricken

adjective
Extremely poor
Usage examples:
My grandparents arrived in this country as poverty-stricken immigrants.

Poverty-stricken - all meanings in English

ruined

adjective
(of a building or place) reduced to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
Usage examples:
A ruined castle

verb
Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
Usage examples:
The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

Ruined - all meanings in English

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