impoverished

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.