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Antonyms for empty-handed
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : emp-tee-han-did |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛmp tiˈhæn dɪd |
Definition of empty-handed
- As in poor : adj lacking sufficient money
- As in necessitous : adj poor
- My service to the Prince, but I wish he had not come here so empty-handed.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
- He went, however, only to return a few hours later, empty-handed.
- Extract from : « The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's » by A. Mildred Cable
- But game was scarce and Jack was returning to Gardiner empty-handed and disgusted.
- Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
- He was compelled to return to England as empty-handed as when he went out.
- Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth
- The farm was poor and was mortgaged, and empty-handed I turned away.
- Extract from : « The Jucklins » by Opie Read
- “But I cannot have you return to England empty-handed,” he resumed.
- Extract from : « Athelstane Ford » by Allen Upward
- To our mutual chagrin we met at the appointed rendezvous all of us empty-handed.
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- Why, man, do you suppose they would welcome us if we went to them empty-handed?
- Extract from : « The Rover's Secret » by Harry Collingwood
- The messengers had not been sent up to Babylon empty-handed.
- Extract from : « An Egyptian Princess, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- Can you suppose that we are likely to run when we see you empty-handed?
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
Synonyms for empty-handed
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- in want
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- necessitous
- needy
- on one's uppers
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
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