Antonyms for destitute
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : des-ti-toot, -tyoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs tɪˌtut, -ˌtyut |
Definition of destitute
Origin :- late 14c., "abandoned, forsaken," from Latin destitutus "abandoned," past participle of destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place," causative of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is 1530s.
- adj down and out; wanting
- Gosse found the country generally poor and destitute of water.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- He found the district to the north to be a dreary waste, destitute of food and water.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Do you think me destitute of every honest, every natural feeling?
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- Remember the interpositions of God to supply the necessities of the destitute.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- His eyes travelled over her hands and neck, destitute of ornaments.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- But do you really think the Winter is so destitute of comforts?
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- If you aske why the plaines in Holderns, and such countries are destitute of woods?
- Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
- But it was destitute of mariners, itself seeming to live and move.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- When I knew him, Rossetti was destitute of cheerfulness or content.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
- They are without respiration or motion, but still not destitute of vitality.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
Synonyms for destitute
- bankrupt
- beggared
- bereft
- busted
- dead broke
- deficient
- depleted
- deprived of
- devoid of
- dirt poor
- divested
- drained
- empty
- exhausted
- flat
- flat broke
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need of
- indigent
- insolvent
- lacking
- moneyless
- necessitous
- needy
- on the breadline
- on the rocks
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- played out
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- stony
- strapped
- stripped
- totaled
- wiped out
- without
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