English-Thai Dictionary

indigent

ADJ ยากจน  แร้นแค้น  ยากแค้น  destitude needy poor rich wealthy yak-jon

 

indigently

ADV อย่าง ยากจน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDIGENT

a.[L. indigens.] Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor. Charity consists in relieving the indigent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDIGENT

In "di *gent, a. Etym: [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in ) + L. egere to be needy, to need. ]

 

1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.

 

INDIGENTLY

INDIGENTLY In "di *gent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an indigent manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indigent

in di gent |ˈindijənt ˈɪndəʤənt | ▶adjective poor; needy. ▶noun a needy person. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin indigent- ‘lacking, ’ from the verb indigere, from indi- (strengthened form of in- ‘into ’) + egere ‘to need. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

indigent

indigent |ˈɪndɪdʒ (ə )nt | ▶adjective poor; needy. ▶noun a needy person. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin indigent- ‘lacking ’, from the verb indigere, from indi- (strengthened form of in- ‘into ’) + egere ‘to need ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

indigent

indigent adjective indigent families: poor, impecunious, destitute, penniless, impoverished, insolvent, poverty-stricken; needy, in need, hard up, disadvantaged, badly off; informal (flat ) broke, strapped (for cash ), on skid row, down-and-out; formal penurious. ANTONYMS rich. ▶noun a shelter for the city's indigents: vagrant, homeless person, down-and-out, beggar, pauper, derelict, have-not; informal bum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

indigent

indigent adjective the first state pensions were given to indigent people over seventy: poor, impecunious, destitute, penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, 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.

 

French Dictionary

indigent

indigent , ente adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Pauvre. : Des indigents qui errent dans les rues.

 

Spanish Dictionary

indigente

indigente adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que carece de lo necesario para vivir o que lo tiene con escasez :esa ONG presta ayuda a los indigentes en albergues sociales .SINÓNIMO necesitado, pobre .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

indigent

in di gent /ɪ́ndɪdʒ (ə )nt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠経済的に恵まれていない ; 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗低所得者層 .～ly 副詞