| Main Entry: | impoverished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, exhausted |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat broke, flat*, have-not, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out, poverty-stricken, reduced, ruined, spent, sterile, strapped |
Antonyms: |
enriched, full, plentiful, rich |
| Main Entry: | impoverish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make poor |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, deplete, exhaust, ruin |
Antonyms: |
enrich |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
Synonyms: |
broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to support growth |
Synonyms: |
arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infecund, infertile, parched, sterile, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste |
Antonyms: |
developing, fecund, fertile, filled, full, growing, productive, useful |
| Main Entry: | bereft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking; missing |
Synonyms: |
beggared, bereaved, cut off, deprived, destitute, devoid, dispossessed, divested, fleeced, impoverished, left without, minus, naked, parted from, robbed, shorn, stripped, wanting, without |
Antonyms: |
full, happy |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken, cause instability |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bust, confound, confute, controvert, cow, cripple, declass, degrade, demerit, demoralize, demote, disconfirm, dispirit, disprove, downgrade, enervate, enfeeble, humiliate, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, pauperize, rebut, reduce, refute, ruin, subdue, tame, undermine |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
stabilize, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken |
Antonyms: |
add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
| Main Entry: | destitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | down and out; wanting |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke, deficient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in need of, indigent, insolvent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on the breadline, on the rocks, penniless, penurious, pinched, played out, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out, without |
Antonyms: |
lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy |