Advertisement
Advertisement
beggared
adjective as in bereft
adjective as in broke
Strong matches
adjective as in destitute
Strongest matches
adjective as in down-and-out
adjective as in impecunious
adjective as in impoverished
adjective as in indigent
adjective as in necessitous
Weak matches
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- in want
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- needy
- on one's uppers
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
adjective as in needy
adjective as in poor
Strongest matches
adjective as in poverty-stricken
Strongest matches
adjective as in ruined
adjective as in strapped
Strongest match
Strong match
Example Sentences
The short-ball plan was hatched in desperation and England's compliance in their own downfall beggared belief.
Hugo Lloris' contribution to Tottenham's first half beggared belief and it was a relief not to see him return for the second half.
But the soaring price of shipping beggared that strategy.
Before his removal, Mr Gove had said it "beggared belief" that he was still in post.
Both could have won a game that beggared belief.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse