be+destitute+of

  • 21destitute — adjective 1) she was left destitute Syn: penniless, poor, impoverished, poverty stricken, impecunious, without a cent/penny (to one s name); needy, in straitened circumstances, distressed, badly off; informal hard up, broke, flat broke, strapped… …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 22destitute — des•ti•tute [[t]ˈdɛs tɪˌtut, ˌtyut[/t]] adj. v. tut•ed, tut•ing 1) without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter 2) deprived of, devoid of, or lacking (often fol. by of): destitute of feeling[/ex] 3) to leave destitute •… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23destitute — /ˈdɛstətjut / (say destuhtyooht) adjective 1. bereft of means or resources; lacking the means of subsistence. –phrase 2. destitute of, deprived or devoid of: destitute of hope. {Middle English, from Latin dēstitūtus, past participle, put away,… …

  • 24destitute child — See destitute circumstances; destitute person …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 25destitute wife — See destitute circumstances; destitute person …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 26destitute — Synonyms and related words: badly off, bankrupt, bereft of, broke, broken, busted, deficient, depleted, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, divested, down and out, drained, empty, exhausted, failed, fortuneless, hard up, homeless, impecunious,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27destitute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wanting, lacking; stripped, bereft, penniless, poverty stricken, down and out (sl.). See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., affluent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impoverished, poverty stricken, penniless; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28destitute of — not having. → destitute …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29destitute — [ dɛstɪtju:t] adjective 1》 extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself. 2》 (destitute of) not having. Derivatives destitution noun Origin ME (in the sense deserted, abandoned, empty ): from L. destitut , destituere forsake …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30destitute — adj 1. poverty stricken, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; indigent, poor, needy, necessitous, bad off, badly off; pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against it, Inf. on one s uppers, Inf. hard up;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder