'Destitute' definitions:

Definition of 'destitute'

From: WordNet
adjective
Poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken]
adjective
Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]

Definition of 'Destitute'

From: GCIDE
  • Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See Statute.]
  • 1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. [1913 Webster]
  • In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. --Ps. cxli. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor. [1913 Webster]
  • They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. --Heb. xi. 37. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Destitute'

From: GCIDE
  • Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, v. t.
  • 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • To forsake or destitute a plantation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Destituted of all honor and livings. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To disappoint. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • When his expectation is destituted. --Fotherby. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'destitute'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Destitute'