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Synonyms for beggared

  • adjective

Most common

broke poverty-stricken impoverished stony destitute indigent penurious goodless

All synonyms

Adjective

poor, broke, poverty-stricken, impoverished, stony, destitute, indigent, penurious, goodless, bankrupt, needy, strapped, insolvent, penniless, impecunious, beggarly, necessitous

Antonyms

well-off, rich, well-heeled

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    poor; empoverished

Example sentences

  • broke A rifle shot broke the peace of the early morning.
  • impoverished The war lasting for years impoverished the country.
  • stony Can you lend me some money? I'm stony broke.
  • destitute It was there that this destitute child was born.
  • indigent Being indigent is a misfortune, not a crime.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
beggaredrising
brokerising
impoverishedrising
stonysteady
destitutesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
poor1
5 letters
broke1, needy2, stony2
8 letters
bankrupt2, strapped1, indigent3, beggarly, goodless
9 letters
destitute3, insolvent3, penniless3, penurious4
11 letters
impecunious, necessitous
12 letters
impoverished3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).