Associations to the word «Impoverished»

Wiktionary

IMPOVERISHED, adjective. Reduced to poverty.
IMPOVERISHED, adjective. Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
IMPOVERISHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of impoverish

Dictionary definition

IMPOVERISHED, adjective. Poor enough to need help from others.
IMPOVERISHED, adjective. Destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family".

Wise words

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
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