English Explanatory Dictionary

destitute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking something; devoid.
  2. Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
verb
  1. To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/ /ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/ en-uk-destitute.ogg /ˈdɛstɪtuːt/ en-us-destitute.ogg

Word forms

destitute more destitute most destitute destitutes destituting destituted

Etymology

From Middle English destitute, destitut, from Latin dēstitūtus.

Synonyms

barren empty void beggared impecunious skint almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggarly boracic broke broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate destitute dirt poor disadvantaged down and out down at heel down on one's luck down on one's uppers empty-handed feeling the pinch flat goodless hard up impoverished in need indigent insolvent lower-class necessitous needy oofless pauperized penniless penurious pinched pok kai poor poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job possessionless poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless pauperize ruin beggar depauperize

Derived words

destitutely destituteness
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