Synonyms of bankrupted

bankrupted 1 of 2

adjective

as in bankrupt

Related Words

• bankrupt
• insolvent
• penniless
• impoverished
• destitute
• bust
• broke
• deprived
• indigent
• impecunious
• needy
• poor
• pauperized
• famished
• ruined
• disadvantaged
• beggared
• penurious
• dispossessed
• down-and-out
• beggarly
• needful
• necessitous
• underprivileged
• threadbare
• skint
• dirt-poor
• poverty-stricken
• reduced
• hard up
• distressed
• depressed
• pinched
• straitened
• unaffluent
• hardscrabble
• hand-to-mouth
• possessionless
• tapped out
• short
• poorish
• cash-strapped
• low

Dissimilar Words

• prosperous
• comfortable
• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• moneyed
• opulent
• well-to-do
• fat
• flush
• fat-cat
• well-off
• deep-pocketed
• silk-stocking
• well-heeled

bankrupted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bankrupt

as in ruined

to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts

several bad investments bankrupted him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruined
• reduced
• broke
• busted
• impoverished
• beggared
• pauperized
• cleaned (out)
• wiped out
• straitened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enriched
• richened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bankrupted

Verb

The United Kingdom won the two world wars but bankrupted itself in victory. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Richard Stockton, a lawyer who signed the declaration was captured, starved, and nearly bankrupted by the British. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Most manufacturers were bankrupted by equipment failures and financial challenges, making the 1990s a tough time for wind power’s pioneers. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026

Fuel consumption for such a vessel would also likely have bankrupted the Japanese Navy. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026

Yet much of the region’s decline was caused by Russian or pro-Russian oligarchs who had bought up factories, bankrupted them to eliminate competition, and imposed brutal conditions on workers. — Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026

Enveloped in their own scandals of excess, Pantages, Mills and Shreve were bankrupted. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

Alamariu pointed out that the two European countries had effectively lost their empires by then after being bankrupted by World War II. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026

Woodstock gave its name to a generation, but the concert itself was a debacle that nearly bankrupted its promoters. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026