impoverish

Meaning

1. (transitive) To make poor.
2. (transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
3. (intransitive) To become poor.

Synonyms

pauperize

ruin

deplete

make poor

deprive

beggar

fleece

retard

ruinate

spoil

bring to ruin

trash

weaken

wreck

be poor

do harm to

depauperate

pauperise

reduce to beggary

make badly off

render poor

bankrupt

pauperise

damage

destroy

deteriorate

devastate

exhaust

poor

Translations

appauvrir

empobrecer

verarmen

impoverire

verarmen

fakirleştirmek

empobrecer

empobrir

arm machen

s’appauvrir

verelenden

depauperar

فقر

depauperare

immiserire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: impoverishen

In summary

From Middle English impoverishen, empoverishen, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).