Beggarly Synonyms

bĕg'ər-lē

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Synonyms for Beggarly

sorry
Worthless or inferior; paltry:
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destitute
The definition of destitute refers to not having the basic necessities of life.
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poverty-stricken
Characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty
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mean
Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
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meager
Having little flesh; lean.
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bankrupt
The definition of bankrupt is having been legally determined to be unable to pay all debts.
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cheap
Of poor quality; inferior:
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cheesy
(Informal) Of poor quality; shoddy:
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despicable
Deserving to be despised; contemptible
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indigent
Experiencing want or need; impoverished:
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infamous
(Archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.
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low
Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
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paltry
Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible:
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petty
Relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant
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pitiable
Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
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vulgar
Characterized by a lack of culture, refinement, taste, restraint, sensitivity, etc.; coarse; crude; boorish
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wretched
Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
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down-and-out
Incapacitated; prostrate.
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impecunious
The definition of impecunious is a person without any money.
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impoverished
Reduced to poverty.
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necessitous
In great need; destitute; needy
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needy
The definition of needy is someone who is poor, or someone who demands a lot of care or attention.
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penniless
Entirely without money.
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penurious
Characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished
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broke
Bankrupt.
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strapped
In financial need:
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twopenny
Worth or costing two pennies:
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twopenny-halfpenny
Petty, insignificant.
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Words Related to Beggarly

inadequate
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
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poor
With little or no possessions or money.
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rich
Highly varied, developed, or complex:
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Beggarly Sentence Examples

  • And here, friend, the people are quite beggarly.

  • All this also did not bear its full frOit till later times, but by the 17th century it had made Spain one of the two most beggarly nations in Europe the other being Portugal.

  • What man but a philosopher would not be ashamed to see his furniture packed in a cart and going up country exposed to the light of heaven and the eyes of men, a beggarly account of empty boxes?

  • Therefore the French government strove to unite the beggarly settlements in Canada and Louisiana by setting up posts all along the Ohio and the Mississippi, in order to confine the English between the Alleghanies and the sea.

  • Sometimes Ulysses is represented as aged and worn by toil, so that Penelope, for instance, cannot recognize him; sometimes he is really in the prime of heroic vigour, and his appearing as a beggarly old man is the work of Athena's wand.

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