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单词 impoverished
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impoverished

She named an old and perpetually impoverished family of the town.That's what you need if you're an impoverished ex-army major trying to launch a multi-million pound airship industry.

Synonyms of 'impoverished'

poor, needy, destitute, ruined
depleted, spent, reduced, empty
barren, sterile
More Synonyms of impoverished

Chinese translation of 'impoverished'

impoverished

(ɪmˈpɔvərɪʃt)

adj

  1. [country, area, person] 贫(貧)困的 (pínkùn de)

Nearby words of
impoverished

  • imposing
  • impossible
  • impotent
  • impoverished
  • impractical
  • impress
  • impression
(adjective) 
The goal is to lure businesses into impoverished areas.
Synonyms
poor
He was one of thirteen children from a poor family.
needy
a project aimed at raising funds for needy children around the world
destitute
destitute families who live in poverty
ruined
distressed
investment in the nation's distressed areas
bankrupt
I was finally declared bankrupt.
poverty-stricken
delivering medical aid to poverty-stricken areas
indigent (formal)
Medical professionals should be permitted to provide free healthcare to indigent people.
impecunious
I first met him when he was an impecunious, would-be racing driver.
straitened
penurious
necessitous (literary)
Necessitous people are not free people.
in reduced or straitened circumstances
on your uppers
Opposites
rich
,
wealthy
,
affluent
,
well-off
(adjective) 
Against the impoverished defence, he poached an early goal.
Synonyms
depleted
depleted resources
spent
After all that exertion, we were completely spent.
reduced
empty
drained
exhausted
She was too exhausted even to think clearly.
played out
worn out
I was exhausted – worn out by the strain I'd been under.
denuded
(adjective) 
Synonyms
barren
He also wants to use water to irrigate barren desert land.
sterile
a sterile male
Opposites
productive
,
fertile
,
fecund

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bankrupt
Definition
financially ruined
I was finally declared bankrupt.
Synonyms
insolvent,
broke (informal),
spent,
ruined,
wiped out (informal),
impoverished,
beggared,
in the red,
on the rocks,
destitute,
gone bust (informal),
in receivership,
gone to the wall,
in the hands of the receivers,
on your uppers,
in queer street (informal)
in the sense of destitute
Definition
lacking the means to live
destitute families who live in poverty
Synonyms
penniless,
poor,
impoverished,
distressed,
needy,
on the rocks,
insolvent,
poverty-stricken,
down and out,
indigent (formal),
impecunious,
dirt-poor (informal),
on the breadline (informal),
flat broke (informal),
short,
penurious,
on your uppers,
necessitous (literary),
in queer street (informal),
moneyless,
without two pennies to rub together (informal)
in the sense of distressed
Definition
in financial difficulties
investment in the nation's distressed areas
Synonyms
poverty-stricken,
poor,
impoverished,
needy,
destitute,
indigent (formal),
down at heel,
straitened,
penurious

Nearby words of
impoverished

  • impotent
  • impound
  • impoverish
  • impoverished
  • impracticability
  • impracticable
  • impractical

Related terms of
impoverished

  • impoverish

Synonyms of 'impoverished'

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