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单词 pauperized
释义

pauperize

verb

pau·​per·​ize ˈpȯ-pə-ˌrīz How to pronounce pauperize (audio)
pauperized; pauperizing

transitive verb

: to reduce to poverty
pauperization
ˌpȯ-pə-rə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce pauperize (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Ironically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change. Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

pauperized 1 of 2

adjective

as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions out of the job and newly pauperized, the single father had no idea what to do next a pauperized family taken in by a neighbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • impoverished
  • poor
  • broke
  • beggared
  • bankrupt
  • bankrupted
  • deprived
  • penniless
  • destitute
  • indigent
  • impecunious
  • needy
  • famished
  • depressed
  • needful
  • penurious
  • beggarly
  • necessitous
  • dispossessed
  • dirt-poor
  • poverty-stricken
  • disadvantaged
  • threadbare
  • hard up
  • skint
  • distressed
  • down-and-out
  • ruined
  • reduced
  • underprivileged
  • down on one's luck
  • out of pocket
  • out at the elbows
  • out at elbows
  • insolvent
  • busted
  • pinched
  • bust
  • poorish
  • unaffluent
  • hardscrabble
  • possessionless
  • straitened
  • short
  • tapped out
  • low
  • cash-strapped
  • hand-to-mouth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pauperize
as in beggared

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • enriched
  • richened
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