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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
- When he rejoined us he was empty handed, and looked worried.
- Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
- He had arrived but a moment before, dusty, disheveled, empty handed.
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam Detective » by William Atherton Du Puy
- A maid brought in supper, and the mistress followed her empty handed.
- Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade
- I wanted to come myself, and I have come; but as I have said, I had to come alone and empty handed.
- Extract from : « By Right of Conquest » by G. A. Henty
- We returned to camp as usual, empty handed as far as game was concerned.
- Extract from : « Tales of lonely trails » by Zane Grey
- A maid brought in supper, and the mistress followed her, empty handed.
- Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade
- The Shoshone had been successful; the Comanche was empty handed and ill tempered, jealous of the other's skill and fortune.
- Extract from : « Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete » by Charles M. Skinner
- I so mad, I hardly 'member just what happen, 'ceptin' I come 'way just lak I go, empty handed.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration
- He would run his horse to death and then die with it empty handed rather than let either of them fall a captive.
- Extract from : « The Seventh Man » by Max Brand
- And these passed yet others, empty handed, trudging in the opposite direction.
- Extract from : « The Missourian » by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
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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