impoverished

1. 1.

   poor enough to need help from others

   Synonymsdestituteindigentnecessitousneedypoverty-stricken

   Similarpoor
2. 2.

   destroyed financially

   “the broken fortunes of the family”

   Synonymsbrokenwiped out

   Similardestroyed

Questions about impoverished

What does impoverished mean?

impoverished means "poor enough to need help from others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impoverished?

impoverished has 3 syllables: im-poveri-shed. The stress falls on "poveri". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɑvɹɪʃt/.

What is another word for impoverished?

Close synonyms include destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is impoverished a common word?

impoverished is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.