beggared 1 of 2

adjective

as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions the family was completely beggared after the stock market crash

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beggared

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verb

past tense of beggar
as in pauperized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beggared
  1. impoverished
  2. ruined
  3. poor
  4. broke
Adjective
  • About one-fifth of Florida’s impoverished elderly people live in the county, state records show.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Behind the scenes, this gritty, impoverished circus company wrestles with violence, illness and animal cruelty.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of impoverished
Verb
  • The influx all but ruined Sutter’s extensive land holdings around Sacramento, originally dubbed New Helvetia.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruined
Adjective
  • On the other lies a park in one of the Bronx’s poorest communities, built on the site of the former Yankee Stadium after the old home of the Yankees was torn down in 2009 and 2010.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Iran’s economy was in a dire state before the war too, with poor economic conditions a key driving factor behind the anti-regime demonstrations which kicked off in the Iranian capital city Tehran in 2025.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • While figuring out the legal bureaucracies surrounding Sam’s money, the working-class siblings complain about their physical proximity to their broke friends.
    — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Democratic National Committee is both broke and broken, a New York Times bombshell last weekend detailed.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of broke
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“Beggared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggared. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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