Antonyms for impoverished


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃt, -ˈpɒv rɪʃt


Definition of impoverished

Origin :
  • early 15c., empoverischen, from Old French empoveriss-, stem of empoverir, from em- + povre "poor" (see poor). Related: Impoverished; impoverishing.
  • adj poor, exhausted
Example sentences :
  • The farmers were impoverished, and the poorer people made beggars.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • The king was so impoverished that he had not money sufficient to pay the debt.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • What you say about the children shows how impoverished is the blood.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick
  • It was not he who enticed them; it was not he who impoverished them.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • A people is impoverished by importations and enriched by exportations.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • Of an impoverished family, he rose very slowly and by his own merit.
  • Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
  • I did not know, as he did, the impoverished and critical condition of the Confederacy.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Rebel » by Wayland Fuller Dunaway
  • That is a course to which my impoverished neighbours will not stoop.
  • Extract from : « Change in the Village » by (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
  • Thatcher had noticed this with the sensitiveness of an impoverished gentleman.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Mine » by Bret Harte
  • "You'll be impoverished, Hanny," interrupted John, with a glint of humour.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas

Synonyms for impoverished

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