English Explanatory Dictionary

emptyhanded

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. With nothing in one's hands.
  2. Impoverished; having no money or resources.
  3. Having nothing to offer.
  4. Having received or acquired nothing.
  5. Having nothing to offer; unable to give what was promised.
  6. Unarmed.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emptyhanded.wav

Word forms

emptyhanded more emptyhanded most emptyhanded empty-handed

Etymology

From empty + handed.

Synonyms

unburdened unencumbered unladen almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggared 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 impecunious 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 skint stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless

Antonyms

full-handed

Related words

empty as a pauper's purse emptyheaded empty-headed running on empty

Derived words

emptyhandedly emptyhandedness

Translations

Armenian: դատարկաձեռն Chinese Mandarin: 空手 Chinese Mandarin: 白手 Finnish: tyhjin käsin French: les mains vides German: mit leeren Händen Greek: με άδεια χέρια Hindi: छूछा हाथ Italian: a mani vuote Italian: inerme Japanese: 手ぶらで Latvian: tukšā Latvian: bešā Māori: te rae anake Norwegian Bokmål: tomhendt Old English: īdelhende Persian: دست خالی Polish: z pustymi rękami Portuguese: de mãos vazias Portuguese: de mãos abanando Russian: с пусты́ми рука́ми Spanish: con las manos vacías Swedish: tomhänt Vietnamese: tay không Vietnamese: tay trắng Vietnamese: trắng tay
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