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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