impoverished

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/
• Hyphenation: im‧pov‧er‧ished

Adjective

impoverished (comparative more impoverished, superlative most impoverished)

1. Reduced to poverty.
2. Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

• impoverishedly
• impoverishedness

Translations

with no possessions or money — see poor

Reduced to poverty

• Catalan: empobrit
• French: appauvri (fr) m
• German: verarmt (de)
• Italian: impoverito (it)

• Portuguese: empobrecido
• Russian: обедне́вший (ru) (obednévšij), обнища́вший (ru) (obniščávšij)
• Spanish: empobrecido (es)

Rendered poor in something

• French: appauvri (fr) m

Verb

impoverished

1. simple past tense and past participle of impoverish