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单词 down-and-out
释义

down-and-out

adjective

ˈdau̇n-ən(d)-ˈau̇t How to pronounce down-and-out (audio)
1
: destitute, impoverished
2
: physically weakened or incapacitated
down-and-out noun
or down-and-outer

Synonyms

  • asthenic
  • debilitated
  • delicate
  • effete
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • faint
  • feeble
  • frail
  • infirm
  • languid
  • low
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • sapped
  • slight
  • soft
  • softened
  • tender
  • unsubstantial
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wimpish
  • wimpy
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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 2

down-and-out 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in weak
lacking bodily strength I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • weak
  • weakened
  • feeble
  • frail
  • disabled
  • tired
  • debilitated
  • paralyzed
  • exhausted
  • infirm
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • wimpy
  • injured
  • asthenic
  • vulnerable
  • effete
  • faint
  • languid
  • wasted
  • soft
  • softened
  • weary
  • sapped
  • low
  • slight
  • unsubstantial
  • incapacitated
  • wimpish
  • prostrate
  • tender
  • prostrated
  • decrepit
  • fragile
  • challenged
  • delicate
  • broken-down
  • powerless
  • unsteady
  • drained
  • impotent
  • invalid
  • damaged
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • rocky
  • woozy
  • lame
  • groggy
  • dizzy
  • susceptible
  • worn-out
  • flimsy
  • flagging
  • harmed
  • breakable
  • unsound
  • resistless
  • yielding
  • unresistant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stalwart
  • powerful
  • rugged
  • mighty
  • brawny
  • tough
  • strong
  • muscular
  • athletic
  • virile
  • sinewy
  • beefy
  • stout
  • hard
  • lusty
  • hardy
  • fit
  • husky
  • strapping
  • energetic
  • sturdy
  • hardened
  • robust
  • healthy
  • able-bodied
  • competent
  • vigorous
  • fortified
  • capable
  • energized
  • red-blooded
  • toughened
  • strengthened
  • recovering
  • vitalized
  • sound
  • inured
  • invigorated
  • hale
  • convalescing
  • recuperating
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2
as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • impoverished
  • poor
  • penniless
  • destitute
  • needy
  • indigent
  • broke
  • impecunious
  • bankrupt
  • beggared
  • penurious
  • depressed
  • poverty-stricken
  • pauperized
  • dirt-poor
  • famished
  • necessitous
  • deprived
  • bankrupted
  • beggarly
  • threadbare
  • needful
  • disadvantaged
  • underprivileged
  • skint
  • hard up
  • distressed
  • dispossessed
  • out at elbows
  • hardscrabble
  • out at the elbows
  • out of pocket
  • ruined
  • down on one's luck
  • insolvent
  • busted
  • bust
  • poorish
  • cash-strapped
  • unaffluent
  • reduced
  • pinched
  • short
  • straitened
  • hand-to-mouth
  • possessionless
  • low
  • tapped out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wealthy
  • affluent
  • rich
  • moneyed
  • monied
  • opulent
  • fat
  • well-to-do
  • flush
  • well-off
  • well-heeled
  • prosperous
  • fat-cat
  • comfortable
  • deep-pocketed
  • silk-stocking
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down-and-out

2 of 2

noun

variants or down-and-outer
as in indigent

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • indigent
  • pauper
  • hobo
  • drifter
  • beggar
  • panhandler
  • have-not
  • mendicant
  • vagabond
  • ragamuffin
  • waif
  • urchin
  • tramp
  • ne'er-do-well
  • roamer
  • transient
  • insolvent
  • bankrupt
  • almsman
  • gamine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • affluent
  • plutocrat
  • moneybags
  • millionaire
  • billionaire
  • deep pocket
  • millionairess
  • have
  • fat cat
  • tycoon
  • magnate
  • gazillionaire
  • success
  • nabob
  • moneymaker
  • billionairess
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