English-Thai Dictionary

needy

ADJ ขัดสน  ขาดแคลน  อัตคัด  จน มาก  indigent penniless kad-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEEDY

a.Necessitous; indigent; very poor; distressed by want of the means of living. To relieve the needy and comfort the afflicted, are duties that fall in our way every day.
Spare the blushes of needy merit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEEDY

Need "y, a. [Compar. Needer; superl. Neediest.]

 

1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous. Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. Deut. xv. 11.Spare the bluches of needly merit. Dr. T. Dwight.

 

2. Necessary; requiste. [Obs. ] Corn to make your needy bread. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

needy

need y |ˈnēdē ˈnidi | ▶adjective ( needier, neediest ) (of a person ) lacking the necessities of life; very poor: needy and elderly people. • (of circumstances ) characterized by poverty: those from needy backgrounds. DERIVATIVES need i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

needy

needy |ˈniːdi | ▶adjective ( needier, neediest ) 1 (of a person ) lacking the necessities of life; very poor. • (of circumstances ) characterized by poverty: those from needy backgrounds. 2 (of a person ) needing emotional support; insecure. DERIVATIVES neediness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

needy

needy adjective collecting food and blankets for needy families: poor, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, necessitous, in need, needful, hard up, in straitened circumstances, poverty-stricken, indigent, impoverished, pauperized, destitute, impecunious, penniless, moneyless; informal broke, strapped (for cash ), busted; formal penurious. ANTONYMS wealthy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

needy

needy adjective the food went to needy families in the area: poor, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, in want, needful, badly off, hard up, in reduced /straitened circumstances, unable to make ends meet, unable to keep the wolf from the door, poverty-stricken, indigent, impoverished, on one's beam-ends, as poor as a church mouse, dirt poor, destitute, penurious, impecunious, penniless, moneyless; Brit. on the breadline, without a penny to one's name; informal on one's uppers, broke, flat broke, strapped for cash, strapped, cleaned out; Brit. informal skint, stony broke, without two pennies /(brass ) farthings to rub together, in Queer Street; N. Amer. informal stone broke; rare necessitous, pauperized. ANTONYMS wealthy, affluent, rich, well off.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

needy

need y /níːdi /形容詞 貧乏な (poor ), 窮迫している ▸ a needy family 貧困家庭 ▸ the needy 貧困者 n é ed i ness 名詞