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down and out
adjective as in indigent
adjective as in kaput
adjective as in low
adjective as in melancholy
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adjective as in needy
adjective as in poor
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adjective as in poverty-stricken
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adjective as in underprivileged
adjective as in unhappy
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- bleak
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down in the mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- let-down
- long-faced
- low
- melancholy
- mirthless
- mournful
- saddened
- sorrowful
- teary
adjective as in vagabond
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adjective as in wretched
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adjective as in beggarly
adjective as in disgraced
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adjective as in heavy-hearted
adjective as in melancholic
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- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low-spirited
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- tristful
- unhappy
- woebegone
adjective as in necessitous
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- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- in want
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- needy
- on one's uppers
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
adjective as in tristful
Weak matches
- bad
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- unhappy
- weeping
- wistful
- woebegone
adjective as in depressed
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adjective as in down-and-out
adjective as in forlorn
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adjective as in homeless
noun as in pauper
noun as in street person
noun as in beggar
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noun as in tramp
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noun as in down-and-outer
noun as in have-not
noun as in moocher
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Example Sentences
It is Ma who refuses to abandon the down-and-out Wilson family even though their company may slow the journey west.
The Oscars also like down-and-out characters and misunderstood geniuses, both of which tend to beget low-talkers.
But their impact on their down-and-out political parties may turn out to be nearly identical.
Of course Garrison had been to the dogs during the past year—what down-and-out jockey has not gone there?
Fane spoke up languidly: "It rather looks as though we were the down-and-out delegation at present; doesn't it, Orchil?"
I went on down the street feeling almost like a man again and not a down-and-out ex-convict.
Had about as much sympathy for a down-and-out, Steele did, as you'd find milk in a turnip.
A man's a millionaire to-day and a member of the down-and-out club to-morrow.
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On this page you'll find 926 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to down and out, such as: destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless, poverty-stricken, and beggared.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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