Antonyms for indigent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-di-juhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn dɪ dʒənt


Definition of indigent

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigentem (see indigence). As a noun, "poor person," from early 15c.
  • adj poor
Example sentences :
  • Fancy a school for novelists, with night classes for indigent poets!
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • The windows without curtains had an indigent, sleepless look.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • Whoever has need of another is indigent, and assumes a posture.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
  • At one period he realised about £10,000, but he was latterly unfortunate and indigent.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. » by Various
  • He summed up in a disparaging glance the background of indigent furniture.
  • Extract from : « The Touchstone » by Edith Wharton
  • It is the haunt of the dissolute and the indigent; not only of the normal brute, but also of the satyr.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • Can he extort one noble thought from his weak and indigent brain?
  • Extract from : « Love and Intrigue » by Friedrich Schiller
  • And a pretty lot of ill-bred, miserable ignoramuses they were—the indigent!
  • Extract from : « A Tramp's Wallet » by William Duthie
  • He was so indigent, that he subsisted only on an allowance from the parish.
  • Extract from : « On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, » by Samuel Felton
  • Adjoining the Infirmary is an Asylum for the reception of indigent Lunatics.
  • Extract from : « A Walk through Leicester » by Susanna Watts

Synonyms for indigent

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