destitute
/ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/
destitute
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
des - ti - tute -> destitute
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
destitute /'destÇtju:t; US -tu:t/ adj
၁။ ခိုကိုးရာမဲ့ဖြစ်သော။ စားရာနေရာမဲ့သော။ When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
၂။ ~ of sth (fml ) ကင်းမဲ့သော။ ခေါင်းပါးသော။ They seem destitute of ordinary human feelings.
❏ destitution /destÇ'tju:ʃn; US -'tu:ʃn/ n [U] ခိုးကိုးရာ မဲ့ဘဝ။
live in complete destitution.
Synonyms
poor, penniless, impoverished, on the breadline, insolvent, needy, almsperson, bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke, deficient, dependents, depleted, deprived, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, down and out, drained, empty, exhausted, feebly, flat, flat broke, have-not, helpless, helplessly, high and dry, homeless person, impecunious, in need of, in the gutter, indigent, lacking, lazarus, moneyless, necessitous, on the rocks, pauper, penurious, pinched, played out, poor person, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out, with hands tied, without
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