English-Thai Dictionary

destitute

ADJ แร้นแค้น  ยากจน  ขัดสน  ยากไร้  อดอยาก  ขาดแคลน  insolvent impoverished moneyless solvent raen-kaen

 

destitutely

ADV อย่าง อดอยาก ขาดแคลน 

 

destituteness

N ความอดอยาก ขาดแคลน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESTITUTE

a.[L. To set. Literally, set from or away. ] 1. Not having or possessing; wanting; as destitute of virtue, or of peity; destitute of food and clothing. It differs from deprived, as it does not necessarily imply previous possession.
2. Needy; abject; comfortless; friendless.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute. Psalm 1 2:17.

 

DESTITUTE

n.One who is without friends or comfort.

 

DESTITUTE

v.t. 1. To forsake.
2. To deprive.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESTITUTE

Des "ti *tute, a. Etym: [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See Statute. ]

 

1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable ); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.

 

2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. Heb. xi. 37.

 

DESTITUTE

DESTITUTE Des "ti *tute, v. t.

 

1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs. ] To forsake or destitute a plantation. Bacon.

 

2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs. ] Destituted of all honor and livings. Holinshed.

 

3. To disappoint. [Obs. ] When his expectation is destituted. Fotherby.

 

DESTITUTELY

DESTITUTELY Des "ti *tute *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In destitution.

 

DESTITUTENESS

DESTITUTENESS Des "ti *tute *ness, n.

 

Defn: Destitution. [R.] Ash.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

destitute

des ti tute |ˈdestiˌt (y )o͞ot ˈdɛstəˌt (j )ut | ▶adjective without the basic necessities of life: the charity cares for destitute children. • [ predic. ] (destitute of ) not having: towns destitute of commerce. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘deserted, abandoned, empty ’): from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere ‘forsake, ’ from de- ‘away from ’ + statuere ‘to place. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

destitute

destitute |ˈdɛstɪtjuːt | ▶adjective extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself: the charity cares for destitute children. • (destitute of ) not having: towns destitute of commerce. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘deserted, abandoned, empty ’): from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere ‘forsake ’, from de- ‘away from ’ + statuere ‘to place ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

destitute

destitute adjective 1 she was left destitute: 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 (for cash ), without a red cent, dirt poor. ANTONYMS rich. 2 we were destitute of clothing: devoid of, bereft of, deprived of, in need of; lacking, without, deficient in, wanting.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

destitute

destitute adjective 1 her parents died and she was left destitute: penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, impecunious, indigent, down and out, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings /pennies to rub together; insolvent, ruined; needy, in need, in want, hard up, on the breadline, hard-pressed, in reduced /straitened circumstances, deprived, disadvantaged, distressed, badly off; beggarly, beggared; informal on one's uppers, up against it, broke, flat broke, strapped (for cash ), without a brass farthing, without a bean, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse, on one's beam-ends; Brit. informal stony broke, skint, boracic (lint ); N. Amer. informal stone broke, without a red cent, on skid row; formal penurious. ANTONYMS rich. 2 we were destitute of clothing: devoid, bereft, deprived, in need; bankrupt, empty, drained, exhausted, depleted, bare, denuded; lacking, without, deficient in, wanting; informal sans. ANTONYMS well provided with.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

destitute

des ti tute /déstɪt j ùːt /形容詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠1 〈人 生活などが 〉 (金 食料 住居などを欠いて )貧困な, 極貧の, 困窮した ; 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗困窮した人々 ▸ destitute areas 困窮した地域 ▸ a destitute family 極貧の家族 2 ｟文 ｠〖be ～〗 «…を » 欠いている , «…が » 欠けている «of » ▸ He is destitute of experience and wisdom .彼は経験と知恵を欠いている