skint

skint

adj \ˈskint\

Definition of SKINT

chiefly British

: penniless

Examples of SKINT

1. <an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out>

Origin of SKINT

alteration of skinned, past participle of ²skin

First Known Use: circa 1925

Related to SKINT

Synonyms: beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, poor [chiefly British], threadbare

Antonyms: affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

Related Words: deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, unaffluent, underprivileged; bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent; possessionless, ruined; depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, poorish, reduced, straitened; cash-strapped, low, short, tapped out

Near Antonyms: comfortable, prosperous

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Rhymes with SKINT

bint, dint, flint, glint, hint, lint, mint, print, quint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, suint, tint