The meaning of Impoverish

Impoverish – definition

verb
Make (a person or area) poor.
Usage examples:
The wars had impoverished him
Synonims:
Make poor Make penniless Reduce to penury Reduce to destitution Bring to ruin Bring someone to their knees Bankrupt Ruin Make insolvent Wipe out Clean out Break Cripple Pauperize Beggar

verb
To make someone very poor
Usage examples:
The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents., he was made to pay a ruinous fine that…

Impoverish translation into English

Impoverish: translate from English into Chinese

穷困潦倒, 使 ... 破产

Impoverish: translate from English into Dutch

Verarmen, Uitputten

Impoverish: translate from English into French

Appauvrir

Impoverish: translate from English into German

Verarmen, Arm machen, Auspowern, Auslaugen, Schwächen, Den reiz nehmen

Impoverish: translate from English into Hindi

शक्तिहीन करना, परिक्षीण करना, दरिद्र बना देना, साधनहीन करना, निधन कर देना, निर्धन, दरिद्र बनाना, निःसत्व करना, अनुपजाऊ बनाना

Impoverish: translate from English into Italian

Impoverire, Immiserire, Indebolire

Impoverish: translate from English into Korean

가난하게 하다, 피폐시키다, 궁핍하게 하다

Impoverish: translate from English into Russian

Обеднять, Подрывать, Делать скучным, Делать неинтересным, Доводить до бедности, Доводить до обнищания, Лишать средств, Истощать почву

Impoverish: translate from English into Spanish

Empobrecer, Agotar

Word origin

late Middle English (formerly also as empoverish ): from Old French empoveriss-, lengthened stem of empoverir, based on povre ‘poor’.

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Impoverish – similar words

impoverishing

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

verb
Present participle of impoverish
Usage examples:
The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents., he was made to pay a ruinous fine that…

All meanings and translations of Impoverishing

impoverishes

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

verb
To make someone very poor
Usage examples:
The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents., he was made to pay a ruinous fine that…

All meanings and translations of Impoverishes

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

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Impoverish synonims

bankrupt

adjective
(of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts.
Usage examples:
His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home

noun
A person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors.
Usage examples:
But we will provide more effective protection against the small minority of bankrupts who abuse the…

verb
Reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy.
Usage examples:
The strike nearly bankrupted the union

All meanings and translations of Bankrupt

beggar

noun
A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.
Usage examples:
How many times have you been asked in the street for some money from a seemingly homeless person or…

verb
Reduce (someone) to poverty.
Usage examples:
Why should i beggar myself for you?

noun
A poor person who lives by asking others for money or food

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break

verb
Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
Usage examples:
The branch broke with a loud snap

noun
An interruption of continuity or uniformity.
Usage examples:
The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun
Former term for breaking cart.

All meanings and translations of Break

cripple

verb
Cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.
Usage examples:
Developing countries are crippled by their debts

noun
A person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.
Usage examples:
An emotional cripple

verb
Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

All meanings and translations of Cripple

pauperize

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

All meanings and translations of Pauperize

ruin

noun
The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
Usage examples:
A large white house falling into gentle ruin

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

verb
To spoil or destroy something
Usage examples:
It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

All meanings and translations of Ruin

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