be+impoverished
1impoverished — index bankrupt, deficient, destitute, impecunious, insolvent, penurious, poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Will …
2impoverished — [adj] poor, exhausted bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat*, flat broke*, have not*, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out*, poverty… …
3impoverished — im|pov|er|ished [ ım pav(ə)rıʃt ] adjective 1. ) an impoverished person or place is very poor: a remote and impoverished island 2. ) something that is impoverished has become worse in quality …
4impoverished — UK [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] / US [ɪmˈpɑv(ə)rɪʃt] adjective 1) an impoverished person or place is very poor a remote and impoverished island 2) something that is impoverished has become worse in quality …
5impoverished — adjective a) very poor: an impoverished student. b) worse in quality: Our lives would be impoverished without music …
6impoverished — adjective 1) an impoverished peasant farmer Syn: poor, poverty stricken, penniless, destitute, indigent, impecunious, needy, beggared, beggarly, pauperized, down and out, bankrupt, ruined, insolvent; informal (flat) broke, hard up, dirt poor …
7Impoverished — Impoverish Im*pov er*ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impoverishing}.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a , L. ad. Cf. {Empoverish}, and see… …
8impoverished — /im pov euhr isht, pov risht/, adj. 1. reduced to poverty. 2. (of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc. 3. deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor. [1625 35;… …
9impoverished — adj. Impoverished is used with these nouns: ↑country, ↑neighbourhood …
10impoverished — /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/ (say im povuhrisht), / vrɪʃt/ (say vrisht) adjective 1. reduced to poverty. 2. poor in quality: impoverished soil …
