down-and-out

down-and-out
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. needy, destitute, poor, on the skids. See poverty.Ant., well-off, on easy street.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
broke, penniless, bankrupt, destitute, impoverished, *in the poorhouse, *on the streets, *on the skids, derelict.
ANT.: *on the rise, rich, successful, *on top
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I (or down and out) adjective Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal: broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See RICH. II (or down and out) noun An impoverished person: beggar, down-and-outer, have-not, indigent, pauper. See RICH.

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