English to Icelandic Meaning of penniless - penniless

Penniless :

penniless

adjective

braut, léleg, tóm, Auralaus, fátæka, skortir, hjálparvana, gjaldþrota, tómhentur, tilgangslaust, slæmt, textaritilllinn, kjánalegt, óveruleg, án þess að borga, snauður, ber

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Definitions of penniless in English

Adjective(1) not having enough money to pay for necessities

Examples of penniless in English

(1) Her father's once prosperous business had fallen apart and they were left penniless due to their huge debts.(2) A man meets a beautiful but penniless girl on a trip to Cuba.(3) Mind you, I'm also filling up on all the industrial music that I couldn't afford when I was a penniless student.(4) We were completely penniless , with three young children, helpless in an unfamiliar city.(5) Senior partners in legal firms rubbed shoulders with penniless students and dedicated barflies.(6) They were penniless and Mary knew that a stage career was her only hope of survival.(7) We were penniless and without shoes while people from the same hotel sat next to us in the airport flagrantly eating burgers and chips and drinking coke.(8) I leapt into the car and in gratitude shot off to buy a box of chocolates for my saviours then realised I was penniless and cardless.(9) He also brought on board bankers who could help finance his schemes but things did not go well and he was soon penniless and having to borrow money.(10) One hundred years ago, Montmartre was a cheap area to live in, and so attracted penniless artists.(11) She and her mother were left penniless after her father died, the family having earlier lost their home to river erosion.(12) Monet valued the comforts of a middle-class existence, and even as a penniless student his love of the finer things in life was noted.(13) Now back in it, they're left penniless and sometimes homeless.(14) As a result, many of them have had to resort to shooting kangaroos in order to sell the meat, as they are almost penniless .(15) But after reputedly making millions from crime he says he's now penniless .(16) I had used all the money to get to England so I was penniless in a foreign land with only the clothes on my back and my sword to my name.

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Synonyms

Adjective

1. destitute ::

snauður

2. poverty-stricken ::

fátækt-sleginn

3. impoverished ::

fátæka

4. poor ::

léleg

5. indigent ::

indigent

6. impecunious ::

Auralaus

7. in penury ::

í penury

8. moneyless ::

moneyless

9. necessitous ::

necessitous

10. needy ::

þurfandi

11. bankrupt ::

gjaldþrota

12. insolvent ::

gjaldþrota

14. without a sou ::

án Sou

16. cleaned out ::

hreinsa út

17. strapped for cash ::

gjörvulegur fyrir reiðufé

18. bust ::

brjóstmynd

19. penurious ::

penurious

Antonyms

1. affluent ::

auðugur

2. fat ::

feitur

3. flush ::

roði

4. rich ::

ríkur

Different Forms

penniless

Word Example from TV Shows

Didn't Tesla die PENNILESS, forgotten and insane?

The Big Bang Theory Season 11, Episode 8

Examples of penniless from TV Shows

Didn't Tesla die PENNILESS, forgotten and insane?

The Big Bang Theory Season 11, Episode 8

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