PAUPERIZED Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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pauperized

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verb

past tense of pauperize

as in ruined

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Adjective

About one-fifth of Florida’s impoverished elderly people live in the county, state records show.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Behind the scenes, this gritty, impoverished circus company wrestles with violence, illness and animal cruelty.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of impoverished

Verb

The influx all but ruined Sutter’s extensive land holdings around Sacramento, originally dubbed New Helvetia.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruined

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The petition argues Mays’ language during the trial revealed something deeper than a poor defense strategy — a worldview that dehumanized the man he was supposed to defend.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
There remains work to be done, as evidenced by their poor showing in last Thursday’s 41-17 preseason loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

— Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of poor

Adjective

While figuring out the legal bureaucracies surrounding Sam’s money, the working-class siblings complain about their physical proximity to their broke friends.

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The Democratic National Committee is both broke and broken, a New York Times bombshell last weekend detailed.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Aug. 2026

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