Found 3 items, similar to Impoverished.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: impoverished rudin
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impoverished impoverished adj 1: poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken] 2: destroyed financially; “the broken fortunes of the family” [syn: broken, wiped out(p)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impoverished Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish.] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. [1913 Webster] 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. [1913 Webster]