'down-and-out' definitions:
Definition of 'down-and-out'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
noun
A person who is destitute; "he tried to help the down-and- out"
Definition of 'down-and-out'
From: GCIDE
- down-and-out \down-and-out\ adj.
- 1. impoverished; -- usually implying a state of dejection as well. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. physically weak.
- Syn: down-and-out. [PJC]
Definition of 'down-and-out'
From: GCIDE
- down-and-out \down-and-out\ n. a person who is destitute; as, he tried to help the down-and-out. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'down-and-out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ausgespielt,
- bankrupt,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- broken,
- desolated,
- destitute,
- destroyed,
- devastated,
- done for,
- done in,
- fallen,
- finished,
- fortuneless,
- gone to pot,
- homeless,
- in ruins,
- in the gutter,
- in the red,
- insolvent,
- irremediable,
- kaput,
- landless,
- moneyless,
- out of funds,
- overthrown,
- penniless,
- propertyless,
- ravaged,
- ruined,
- ruinous,
- spoiled,
- undone,
- wasted,
- without a sou,
- wrecked