English Explanatory Dictionary

goodless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without goods or property; destitute.
  2. Worthless.
  3. Lacking or devoid of good or goodness.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʊdləs/

Word forms

goodless

Etymology

From Middle English goodles (“poor, without goods or property”), from Old English gōdlēas (“without good, miserable, bad, evil”), equivalent to good + -less.

Synonyms

beggared impecunious possessionless 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 poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless skint stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless good-for-nothing no good valueless bastardly blown cacky chaffy

Derived words

goodlessness
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