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penniless

 
(pĕn'ē-lĭs, pĕn'ə-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Entirely without money.
  2. Very poor. See synonyms at poor.
pennilessly pen'ni·less·ly adv.
pennilessness pen'ni·less·ness n.

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Roget's Thesaurus:

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adjective

    Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.

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adj

Definition: without any money
Antonyms: affluent, rich, wealthy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fattig

Nederlands (Dutch)
straatarm

Français (French)
adj. - très pauvre, sans le sous, sans ressources

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bettelarm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδέκαρος, απένταρος

Italiano (Italian)
poverissimo, senza una lira, spiantato, squattrinato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sem um tostão

Русский (Russian)
без гроша

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sin dinero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utfattig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
赤贫的, 贫穷的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 赤貧的, 貧窮的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돈 한푼 없는, 아주 가난한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無一文の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معدم, معيسر, مفلس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-פרוטה, מרושש‬


 
 
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