Necessitous - English meaning

Necessitous – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.
Usage examples:
Dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers
Synonims:
Needy In need Poor Badly off Hard up Short of money Disadvantaged Underprivileged Unable to make ends meet Needful Impoverished Poverty-stricken Penurious Penniless Impecunious Destitute Indi

Necessitous translation into English

Necessitous: translate from English into Chinese

必要的, 紧急, 贫乏的

Necessitous: translate from English into Dutch

Noodzakelijk, Behoeftig, Noodlijdend, Nooddruftig, Arm

Necessitous: translate from English into French

Nécessiteux

Necessitous: translate from English into German

Notwendig, Dürftig, Armselig

Necessitous: translate from English into Hindi

दरिद्र, अभावग्रस्त, दीन

Necessitous: translate from English into Italian

Necessario, Bisognoso

Necessitous: translate from English into Korean

가난한

Necessitous: translate from English into Russian

Необходимый, Нуждающийся, Бедный

Necessitous: translate from English into Spanish

Necesitado, Indigente

Word origin

early 17th century: from French nécessiteux, or from necessity + -ous.

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Necessitous – similar words

necessitated

verb
Make (something) necessary as a result or consequence.
Usage examples:
A cut which necessitated eighteen stitches

Necessitated - all meanings in English

necessitate

verb
Make (something) necessary as a result or consequence.
Usage examples:
A cut which necessitated eighteen stitches

verb
To make something necessary
Usage examples:
An important meeting necessitates my being in houston on friday.

Necessitate - all meanings in English

Necessitous synonims

destitute

adjective
Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Usage examples:
The charity cares for destitute children

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 - all meanings in English

disadvantaged

adjective
(of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities.
Usage examples:
Disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed

verb
Put in an unfavourable position in relation to someone or something else.
Usage examples:
The pension scheme tends to disadvantage women

Disadvantaged - all meanings in English

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

needful

adjective
Necessary; requisite.
Usage examples:
A further word was needful

noun
What is necessary.
Usage examples:
I call upon the authorities to do the needful

adjective
Necessary
Usage examples:
We must not put them in more danger than is needful., they are needful of affection., notify your b…

Needful - 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

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

penurious

adjective
Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.
Usage examples:
A penurious old tramp

adjective
Extremely poor

Penurious - 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

underprivileged

adjective
(of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society.
Usage examples:
Needy and underprivileged members of the community

adjective
Lacking the money and the basic social advantages that most people have; poor
Usage examples:
A summer camp for underprivileged children

Underprivileged - all meanings in English

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