Straitened - English meaning

Straitened – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Characterized by poverty.
Usage examples:
They lived in straitened circumstances
Synonims:
Impoverished Poverty-stricken Poor Destitute Penniless On one's beam-ends As poor as a church mouse Without a sou Dirt poor In penury Penurious Impecunious Indigent Needy Needful In need/want
adjective
Restricted in range or scope.
Usage examples:
Their straitened horizons

verb
Make or become narrow.
Usage examples:
The passage was straitened by tables

adjective
A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there was in the past
Usage examples:
A lot of people are finding themselves in very straitened circumstances because of the recession.

Straitened translation into English

Straitened: translate from English into Chinese

吃紧的

Straitened: translate from English into Dutch

Beperkt, Nauw

Straitened: translate from English into French

À l'étroit, Rétrécir, Coincer

Straitened: translate from English into German

Angespannt, Eng, Bescheiden, Beschränkt, Dürftig

Straitened: translate from English into Hindi

दरिद्र, सीमित

Straitened: translate from English into Italian

Ristretto, Restringere, Limitare

Straitened: translate from English into Korean

긴장된, 금전적으로 곤란한, 부족하여

Straitened: translate from English into Russian

Стесненный

Straitened: translate from English into Spanish

Restringido

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Straitened – similar words

straitens

verb
Make or become narrow.
Usage examples:
The passage was straitened by tables

Straitens - all meanings in English

straitening

verb
Make or become narrow.
Usage examples:
The passage was straitened by tables

Straitening - all meanings in English

straiten

verb
Make or become narrow.
Usage examples:
The passage was straitened by tables

Straiten - all meanings in English

Straitened 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

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

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

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