Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

poor en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/puːɐ/ (Northumbria)
/poː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/poʊ/ non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular
/pɔɹ/ pour–poor merger
/pʊɹ/ without the pour–poor merger
/pʉːɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
/pɔː/ pour–poor merger
(Received-Pronunciation) audio
(US) audio
/pʊɚ/ without the pour–poor merger
/puːɹ/ (Ireland)
/pʊə/ (archaic) without the pour–poor merger

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-? Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm.

Meanings

With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
- Durable goods can be cost-effective but make great disease vectors, and disposables like syringes and needles can be a problem in the poorest places, where there's desperate need of vaccines for diseases like polio. That's where the UCSD scientists come in. 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024:
- England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late, That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate. 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I:
- Because it’s considered relatively inexpensive, there’s an assumption that poor people eat more fast food than other socioeconomic groups – which has convinced some local governments to try to limit their access. […] The data showed becoming richer or poorer didn’t have much effect at all on how often people ate fast food. 2017 July 12, Jay L. Zagorsky, Patricia Smith, “No, poor people don’t eat the most fast food”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2024:
- When Owenism and Chartism had burned themselves out, England had become poorer by that substance out of which the Anglo-Saxon ideal of a free society could have been built up for centuries to come. 1957 [1944], Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation, Beacon Press: Boston, page 167:
- The poorest of the poor are truly destitute, with so few assets they are basically shackless. 2014, George W. Norton, Hunger and Hope: Escaping Poverty and Achieving Food Security in Developing ...:
Of low quality.
- Meanwhile, due to a lack of wind, air quality in west Taiwan was poor yesterday, the Environmental Protection Administration said. Air quality could deteriorate early this morning, triggering a “red” alert — which signals unhealthy air quality — in some parts of Yunlin, Chiayi and Tainan counties, it said. 2021 March 28, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2021, Taiwan News, page 3:
- That was a poor performance.
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(attributive) Worthy of pity.
- Mr. Campion sighed. ‘Poor man,’ he said. ‘He sees his great sacrifices rejected by the gods, and so, no doubt, all the Misses Eumenides let loose again to plague him.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!
- This poor little puppy got a nasty snake bite.
- Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0056:
Deficient in a specified way.
- Cow's milk is poor in iron.
Inadequate, insufficient.
- Business is poor right now.
- The temptation was more than mortal heart could resist. She gave him the promise he sought, stifling the voice of conscience; and as she clung to his neck it seemed to her that heaven was a poor thing compared with a man's love. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- That I have wronged no Man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, Sermon 1:
- I received a poor reward for all my hard work.
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- Blessed are the poor in spirit. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:3:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
poorest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
poorer	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (443)

cmn 虛心 /虚心 (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · el κακομοίρης (used to express pity) · nrf pouôrre (with few or no possessions or money) · lij pöveo (with few or no possessions or money) · hi मिस्कीन (with few or no possessions or money) · acw غَلْبَان (used to express pity) · ru бе́дный (with few or no possessions or money) · fa طفلی (used to express pity) · sc pobaru (with few or no possessions or money) · yue 窮 /穷 (with few or no possessions or money) · vi đáng thương (used to express pity) · vo pöfik (with few or no possessions or money) · sl reven (with few or no possessions or money) · pdc aarem (with few or no possessions or money) · tg фақир (with few or no possessions or money) · uk пога́ний (of low quality) · ja 貧しい (with few or no possessions or money) · es cutre (of low quality) · bho गरीब (with few or no possessions or money) · fi köyhä (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · te పేద (with few or no possessions or money) · ko 빈곤하다 (with few or no possessions or money) · ovd fattin (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 貧窮 /贫穷 (with few or no possessions or money) · ka საწყალი (used to express pity) · mr गरीब (with few or no possessions or money) · cs nevalný (of low quality) · cdo 窮 /穷 (with few or no possessions or money) · sh у̏бог (with few or no possessions or money) · inh къе (with few or no possessions or money) · wa pôve (used to express pity) · el φτωχός (of low quality) · ota فقیر (with few or no possessions or money) · ja 謙遜 (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · lb aarm (with few or no possessions or money) · pt pobre (with few or no possessions or money) · gd bochd (with few or no possessions or money) · inh миска (used to express pity) · ja 下手な (of low quality) · gl pobre (with few or no possessions or money) · so sabool (with few or no possessions or money) · no dårlig (of low quality) · el φτωχός (with few or no possessions or money) · de arm (used to express pity) · arz فقير (with few or no possessions or money) · ps فقير (with few or no possessions or money) · fy earm (with few or no possessions or money) · az yazıq (used to express pity) · ru сла́бый (of low quality) · hu gyatra (of low quality) · ro prost (of low quality) · kl piitsoq (with few or no possessions or money) · kum пакъыр (with few or no possessions or money) · sl slàb (of low quality) · bn গরীব (with few or no possessions or money) · hy ստից (of low quality) · hi बदबख्त (used to express pity) · gd truagh (with few or no possessions or money) · txb snaitstse (with few or no possessions or money) · nrf pauvre (with few or no possessions or money) · sh siròmašan (with few or no possessions or money) · mr दीन (with few or no possessions or money) · pl ubogi (with few or no possessions or money) · bcl pobre (with few or no possessions or money) · ru бе́дный (used to express pity) · gd bochd (of low quality) · wa målureus (used to express pity) · sq mjerë (used to express pity) · hy խեղճ (used to express pity) · mn ядуу (with few or no possessions or money) · fr pitoyable (used to express pity) · ast probe (with few or no possessions or money) · be бе́дны (with few or no possessions or money) · izh poloin (used to express pity) · id miskin (with few or no possessions or money) · hi गरीब (with few or no possessions or money) · cs chudý (with few or no possessions or money) · sc poaru (with few or no possessions or money) · fi huono (of low quality) · az imkansız (with few or no possessions or money) · ang earm (with few or no possessions or money) · es misio (with few or no possessions or money) · fi rukka (used to express pity) · wa pôve (of low quality) · rup fucãrã (with few or no possessions or money) · sv stackars (used to express pity) · pt empobrecido (with few or no possessions or money) · wa saké (of low quality) · sv usel (of low quality) · vec poro (with few or no possessions or money) · pt pobre (used to express pity) · bg жалък (used to express pity) · gsw àrm (with few or no possessions or money) · sa ध्रिगु (with few or no possessions or money) · haw hoʻohune (with few or no possessions or money) · he עָנִי (with few or no possessions or money) · li erm (with few or no possessions or money) · ru убо́гий (of low quality) · ckb خەراپ (of low quality) · fi surkea (of low quality) · lus rethei (with few or no possessions or money) · nb fattig (with few or no possessions or money) · ca pobre (with few or no possessions or money) · lb aarm (used to express pity) · fa طفلک (used to express pity) · sq ngratë (used to express pity) · ro nevoiaș (with few or no possessions or money) · dsb chudy (with few or no possessions or money) · fur pùar (with few or no possessions or money) · mt fqir (with few or no possessions or money) · ru плохо́й (of low quality) · ja 哀れな (used to express pity) · cmn 不足 (inadequate, insufficient) · acw مَسْكين (used to express pity) · pt ruim (of low quality) · tg бечора (with few or no possessions or money) · he אומלל \ אֻמְלַל (used to express pity) · uz faqir (with few or no possessions or money) · rup ftoh (with few or no possessions or money) · af arm (deficient in a specified way) · lad prove (with few or no possessions or money) · nl arm (with few or no possessions or money) · grc φαῦλος (of low quality) · yi בדלות (with few or no possessions or money) · ru вызыва́ющий жа́лость (used to express pity) · br paour (with few or no possessions or money) · gd truagh (used to express pity) · hi फ़क़ीर (with few or no possessions or money) · ta ஏழை (with few or no possessions or money) · uz bechora (with few or no possessions or money) · ccc pople (with few or no possessions or money) · dlm pauper (with few or no possessions or money) · az füqəra (with few or no possessions or money) · fa مسکین (with few or no possessions or money) · fr pauvre (used to express pity) · alt бакыр (with few or no possessions or money) · de arm (with few or no possessions or money) · ro biet (used to express pity) · tr berbat (of low quality) · eo malriĉa (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 可憐 /可怜 (used to express pity) · xag 𐕄𐔼𐕎𐕒𐕡𐔸 (with few or no possessions or money) · ur دین (with few or no possessions or money) · hi फकीर (with few or no possessions or money) · lld puere (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 貧乏 /贫乏 (with few or no possessions or money) · ar فَقِير (with few or no possessions or money) · hu vajmi kevés (inadequate, insufficient) · cmn 貧乏 /贫乏 (deficient in a specified way) · th ยากจน (with few or no possessions or money) · lmo por (with few or no possessions or money) · mww kob huam (with few or no possessions or money) · bg калпав (of low quality) · hu ócska (of low quality) · cmn 謙虛 /谦虚 (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · ia povre (with few or no possessions or money) · mk лош (of low quality) · kk кедей (with few or no possessions or money) · ast probe (used to express pity) · te బీద (with few or no possessions or money) · sc poberu (with few or no possessions or money) · ba ярлы (with few or no possessions or money) · sco puir (with few or no possessions or money) · sh ȕbog (with few or no possessions or money) · ia povre (used to express pity) · ky кедей (with few or no possessions or money) · ja 拙い (of low quality) · bg жалък (inadequate, insufficient) · sh бије̑дан (with few or no possessions or money) · tr kötü (of low quality) · he מִסְכֵּן (used to express pity) · es mishio (with few or no possessions or money) · pdt oam (with few or no possessions or money) · lt vargingas (with few or no possessions or money) · rm pover (with few or no possessions or money) · tl dukha (with few or no possessions or money) · az kasıb (with few or no possessions or money) · pt coitado (used to express pity) · tr yoksul (with few or no possessions or money) · ga bocht (with few or no possessions or money) · ko 가난하다 (with few or no possessions or money) · rup aruptu (with few or no possessions or money) · fi -köyhä (deficient in a specified way) · ug كەمبەغەل (with few or no possessions or money) · ga daibhir (with few or no possessions or money) · sv fattig (with few or no possessions or money) · cy llwm (with few or no possessions or money) · wa pitieus (used to express pity) · yi אָרעם (with few or no possessions or money) · arz مسكين (used to express pity) · fi heikkolaatuinen (of low quality) · tt фәкыйрь (with few or no possessions or money) · ckb بێ قیمەت (of low quality) · mwl probe (with few or no possessions or money) · uk бі́дний (with few or no possessions or money) · tr kembağal (with few or no possessions or money) · ta வறுமையான (with few or no possessions or money) · tk biçäre (with few or no possessions or money) · ms miskin (with few or no possessions or money) · hu silány (of low quality) · az fağır (with few or no possessions or money) · no stakkars (used to express pity) · da fattig (with few or no possessions or money) · ang earm (of low quality) · pl biedny (with few or no possessions or money) · hi बेचारा (with few or no possessions or money) · jv mlarat (with few or no possessions or money) · kmr feqîr (with few or no possessions or money) · yi בידנע (used to express pity) · af arme (used to express pity) · tl mahirap (with few or no possessions or money) · az yoxsul (with few or no possessions or money) · az fağır-füqarə (with few or no possessions or money) · la pauper (with few or no possessions or money) · sk biedny (with few or no possessions or money) · ur غریب (with few or no possessions or money) · is fátækur (with few or no possessions or money) · rup oarfãn (with few or no possessions or money) · nl berooid (with few or no possessions or money) · fi vaatimaton (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · lb aarmséileg (of low quality) · gu ગરીબ (with few or no possessions or money) · pt necessitado (with few or no possessions or money) · bg лошокачествен (of low quality) · tr zavallı (used to express pity) · pt humilde (with few or no possessions or money) · unm tashuku (with few or no possessions or money) · ar مِسْكِين (used to express pity) · bg лош (of low quality) · rm pauper (with few or no possessions or money) · sv undermålig (of low quality) · vec poaro (with few or no possessions or money) · sw maskini (with few or no possessions or money) · ckb گوناح (used to express pity) · ja 粗末な (of low quality) · hu szegény (with few or no possessions or money) · ta ஏழ்மையான (with few or no possessions or money) · ja 貧乏な (with few or no possessions or money) · tr fukara (with few or no possessions or money) · fr piètre (of low quality) · eo kompatinda (used to express pity) · cmn 窮困 /穷困 (with few or no possessions or money) · ja かわいそうな (used to express pity) · tl maralita (with few or no possessions or money) · tr perişan (used to express pity) · ckb دەست کورت (with few or no possessions or money) · bn দরিদ্র (with few or no possessions or money) · uk бі́дний (used to express pity) · pdc arm (with few or no possessions or money) · nl armoedig (with few or no possessions or money) · eo bedaŭrinda (used to express pity) · sa दीन (with few or no possessions or money) · hit 𒀀𒅆𒉿𒀭𒍝 (with few or no possessions or money) · th จน (with few or no possessions or money) · hy աղքատ (with few or no possessions or money) · fr pauvre (with few or no possessions or money) · ro sărman (with few or no possessions or money) · ug بىچارە (with few or no possessions or money) · lo ທຸກຈົນ (with few or no possessions or money) · fi riittämätön (inadequate, insufficient) · bg бе́ден (with few or no possessions or money) · ps غريب (with few or no possessions or money) · te నాసి (of low quality) · fi kehno (of low quality) · tg камбағал (with few or no possessions or money) · cy tlawd (with few or no possessions or money) · ja 劣る (of low quality) · sh bijȇdan (with few or no possessions or money) · rup discultsu (with few or no possessions or money) · pms pòver (with few or no possessions or money) · id buruk (of low quality) · lv nabags (with few or no possessions or money) · vi tội nghiệp (used to express pity) · lo ຈົນ (with few or no possessions or money) · se geafi (with few or no possessions or money) · ota یوقسول (with few or no possessions or money) · grc πένης (with few or no possessions or money) · fi köyhä (with few or no possessions or money) · ckb فەقیر (with few or no possessions or money) · nrf pauvre (used to express pity) · gl pobre (used to express pity) · cy truenus (used to express pity) · fa بیچاره (used to express pity) · no elendig (of low quality) · rom ćorro (with few or no possessions or money) · hu szerény (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · sv miserabel (of low quality) · qu wakcha (with few or no possessions or money) · fa فقیر (with few or no possessions or money) · id malang (used to express pity) · wa fayé (of low quality) · ga bocht (used to express pity) · ckb ھەژار (with few or no possessions or money) · nb blakk (with few or no possessions or money) · haw hoʻoʻilihune (with few or no possessions or money) · ro sărac (with few or no possessions or money) · ru жа́лкий (used to express pity) · uli hafohoay (with few or no possessions or money) · bg бе́ден (deficient in a specified way) · egl pôver (with few or no possessions or money) · da stakkels (used to express pity) · gl pobre (of low quality) · es pobre (used to express pity) · io povra (with few or no possessions or money) · got 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 缺乏 (deficient in a specified way) · eu behartsu (with few or no possessions or money) · fa ضعیف (of low quality) · uz kambagʻal (with few or no possessions or money) · gu બિચારું (used to express pity) · sq varfër (with few or no possessions or money) · hu alázatos (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · scn pòviru (with few or no possessions or money) · scn povru (with few or no possessions or money) · hi दीन (with few or no possessions or money) · fi rassu (used to express pity) · kk жарлы (with few or no possessions or money) · hu szegény (deficient in a specified way) · ta பாவம் (used to express pity) · hy չքավոր (with few or no possessions or money) · es poco (deficient in a specified way) · sh bȇdan (with few or no possessions or money) · ro mizer (with few or no possessions or money) · ga bocht (of low quality) · nl arme (used to express pity) · fo fátækur (with few or no possessions or money) · nv doo atʼį́į da (with few or no possessions or money) · sv miserabel (used to express pity) · hy ողորմելի (used to express pity) · sv eländig (of low quality) · tt ярлы (with few or no possessions or money) · ps بېچاره (with few or no possessions or money) · vec povaro (with few or no possessions or money) · ga dearóil (with few or no possessions or money) · tk garyp (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 貧乏 /贫乏 (of low quality) · fi raukka (used to express pity) · hu lelki/lélekben szegény (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · rup caimen (with few or no possessions or money) · pl nędzny (of low quality) · ru несча́стный (used to express pity) · wa målureus (with few or no possessions or money) · iu annguvik (with few or no possessions or money) · sw maskini (used to express pity) · pt fraco (of low quality) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌴𐌸𐍃 (with few or no possessions or money) · ca pobre (of low quality) · sh сиро̀машан (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 窮 /穷 (with few or no possessions or money) · fi raasu (used to express pity) · kix ūmhìe (with few or no possessions or money) · vec pore (with few or no possessions or money) · io nebona (of low quality) · wa pôve (with few or no possessions or money) · hu szegény (used to express pity) · uga 𐎀𐎁𐎊𐎐 (with few or no possessions or money) · ca pobre (used to express pity) · uz gʻarib (with few or no possessions or money) · lij poveru (with few or no possessions or money) · la miser (used to express pity) · fy earm (used to express pity) · hi बेचारा (used to express pity) · alt јокту (with few or no possessions or money) · kix āngtsō (with few or no possessions or money) · my ဆင်းရဲ (with few or no possessions or money) · te పాపం (used to express pity) · sv dålig (of low quality) · hi मिस्कीन (used to express pity) · de armselig (of low quality) · ro slab (of low quality) · es pobre (of low quality) · mi pōhara (with few or no possessions or money) · pl biedny (used to express pity) · ka ღარიბი (with few or no possessions or money) · fa بدبخت (used to express pity) · km ក្រ (with few or no possessions or money) · el ταλαίπωρος (used to express pity) · uk жалюгі́дний (used to express pity) · kmr xizan (with few or no possessions or money) · lmo pover (with few or no possessions or money) · yi דלותדיק (with few or no possessions or money) · udm куанер (with few or no possessions or money) · nl beklagenswaardig (used to express pity) · tr fakir (with few or no possessions or money) · et vaene (with few or no possessions or money) · af arm (with few or no possessions or money) · ru ни́щий (with few or no possessions or money) · it povero (used to express pity) · bn মিসকিন (with few or no possessions or money) · grc πτωχός (with few or no possessions or money) · rup ftohu (with few or no possessions or money) · udi касиб (with few or no possessions or money) · az kasıb-kusub (with few or no possessions or money) · fa کم داشتن (deficient in a specified way) · acw فقير (with few or no possessions or money) · vi khó (with few or no possessions or money) · sh бе̑дан (with few or no possessions or money) · hy վատ (of low quality) · iu ajutsak (with few or no possessions or money) · ug پېقىر (with few or no possessions or money) · sk chudobný (with few or no possessions or money) · el καημένος (used to express pity) · ang earm (used to express pity) · lv nabags (used to express pity) · hi ग़रीब (with few or no possessions or money) · te నాసి రకం (of low quality) · lt skurdus (with few or no possessions or money) · scn pòvuru (with few or no possessions or money) · gu રાંકું (with few or no possessions or money) · fi nöyrä (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · la egens (with few or no possessions or money) · tr züğürt (with few or no possessions or money) · tr az (inadequate, insufficient) · khb ᦷᦑᧅᦕᦱᧃ (with few or no possessions or money) · tr zayıf (of low quality) · mk сиромашен (with few or no possessions or money) · ms teruk (of low quality) · tr rezil (used to express pity) · fur puar (with few or no possessions or money) · oc paure (with few or no possessions or money) · bn বেচারা (with few or no possessions or money) · bg невзра́чен (free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant) · mrw miskin (with few or no possessions or money) · bcl mahidap (with few or no possessions or money) · nl arm (used to express pity) · sl ubog (with few or no possessions or money) · vi tội (used to express pity) · ro pauper (with few or no possessions or money) · he דלת העם (with few or no possessions or money) · hsb chudy (with few or no possessions or money) · cmn 糟糕 (of low quality) · fi poloinen (used to express pity) · ky жарды (with few or no possessions or money) · liv joutõm (with few or no possessions or money) · ota فقیر (used to express pity) · vi nghèo (with few or no possessions or money) · it povero (with few or no possessions or money) · alt јоксус (with few or no possessions or money) · cs nebohý (used to express pity) · it misero (of low quality) · bo སྐྱོ་པོ (with few or no possessions or money) · hy քյասիբ (with few or no possessions or money) · ro amărât (used to express pity)

poor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/puːɐ/ (Northumbria)
/poː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/poʊ/ non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular
/pɔɹ/ pour–poor merger
/pʊɹ/ without the pour–poor merger
/pʉːɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
/pɔː/ pour–poor merger
(Received-Pronunciation) audio
(US) audio
/pʊɚ/ without the pour–poor merger
/puːɹ/ (Ireland)
/pʊə/ (archaic) without the pour–poor merger

Etymology

Meanings

(countable) A poor person.
- He had given somewhat to every poore in the Parish. 1625, Thomas Jackson, A Treatise Containing the Originall of Vnbeliefe, Pt. v, Ch. xvi, §6:
- I don't understand, Simmons! I have all the money in the world, but I'm still unhappy! […] It must be the poors! Those leeches have been stealing my happiness somehow! 2023, James Sandoval, “Buying Happiness”, in But A Jape (webcomic):
- The poors are at it again.
- So what happened? It’s fun to point the finger. Some say it was the poors, or the uneducateds, or even the third-party voters. No matter the scenario, it’s always fun to blame someone else and throw up your hands (while a finger on each is pointed of course). 2018 May 28, Joel Edelman, “Primary election 2018 coverage for the deaf”, in Today's featured shit:
- ...me vint of ane king to huam a poure acsede ane peny... 1340, Laurent du Bois, translated by Dan Michel, Ayenbite of Inwyt, page 195:
(plural, plural-only, with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
- Harry Truman used to say that 13 or 14 million Americans had their interests represented in Washington, but that the rest of the people had to depend on the President of the United States. That is how I felt about the 35 million American poor. They had no voice and no champion. Whatever the cost, I was determined to represent them. Through me they would have an advocate and, I believed, new hope. 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:
- ...when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore. When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me. For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 26:8-11:
- The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike but, come the rain, the rich have better umbrellas.
- He is glad to see me and tells me that during his absence from the parish one of the women beggars died. Usually in these cases the state comes and takes the body away in a bag, to incinerate, but this time, because of his teachings, the other poor decided that she deserved a real funeral. 1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:
- This is the same Randian bullshit that we've been hearing from people like Brooks for ages and its entire premise is really revolting and insulting—this idea that the way society works is that the productive "rich" feed the needy "poor," and that any attempt by the latter to punish the former for "excesses" might inspire Atlas to Shrug his way out of town and leave the helpless poor on their own to starve. That's basically Brooks's entire argument here. Yes, the rich and powerful do rig the game in their own favor, and yes, they are guilty of "excesses"—but fucking deal with it, if you want to eat. 2010 Jan. 27, Matt Taibbi, "Populism: Just Like Racism!", True/Slant
- The rich are often so insulated from reality that they think the poor have extra money they could save for more than a short time.
- The poor are always with us.
- Then there have not always been proletarians? No. There have always been poor and working classes; and those who worked were almost always the poor. But there have not always been proletarians, just as competition has not always been free. 1972, Anonymous translation of Friedrich Engels as "Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith", International Publishers
(plural, plural-only) the second-to-last placer in Tycoon
(obsolete) Synonym of poor cod.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
poors	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

rich

Deriveds

deserving poor · undeserving poor · Europoor

Synonyms

insolvent · penny-father · poor · bankrupt · penny-father · have not · indigent · beggar · beggar · pauper · Lazarus · poor cod · lack-all · have not

Translations (63)

sv fattig (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · es pobres (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · sq varfanjak (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · hy աղքատները (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · wa mizeråve (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ga na boicht (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ga na bochtáin (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · af armes (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · zlw-osk holota (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · pl biedacy (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · hi फ़क़ीर (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · es mishios (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · bg беднячка (poor person) · lb Aarm (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · fr pauvres (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · wa minåve (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · scn pòviri (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · zdj mafukara (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · hi फकीर (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · la pauperēs (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · mr गरीब (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ro săraci (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ca pobres (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · de Armer (poor person) · el φτωχοί (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · scn mischini (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · da fattige (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ta ஏழை (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · pl nędznicy (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · bn ফকির (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · cs chudí (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ar فُقَرَاء (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · bg бедните (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · it poveri (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ru бе́дные (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · pdt Oame (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · te పేదలు (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · bg бедняк (poor person) · hu szegények (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · af arme (poor person) · tr fakir (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · bn দরিদ্র (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · pt pobres (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · nl armen (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · sh mizerija (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ga bochtán (poor person) · sq bercul (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · da fattigfolk (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · fi köyhät (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · tr fukara (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ota فقیر (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · sh siromašni (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · wa pôve (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · bn গরীব (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · sh fukara (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · gl pobres (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · grc πτωχοί (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · sh sirotinja (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · sw maskini (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ota درویش (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · ro nevoiași (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · de Arme (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society) · br peorien (the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society)

poor en · VERB

Pronunciation

/puːɐ/ (Northumbria)
/poː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/poʊ/ non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular
/pɔɹ/ pour–poor merger
/pʊɹ/ without the pour–poor merger
/pʉːɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
/pɔː/ pour–poor merger
(Received-Pronunciation) audio
(US) audio
/pʊɚ/ without the pour–poor merger
/puːɹ/ (Ireland)
/pʊə/ (archaic) without the pour–poor merger

Etymology

Meanings

(rare, transitive) Synonym of impoverish, to make poor.
- It is very evident that Americans are being ‘poored down’ to suit the world socialist agenda, and to maximize profits for the international corporations. 2003 August 10, Dallas News, p. 3
(intransitive, obsolete) To become poor.
- The mone of this realme is born out in gret quantite and the realme puryt of the sammyn. 1467, Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, Vol. II, p. 88
(obsolete) To call someone poor.
- Miss Lavinia... put in that she didn't want to be ‘poored by pa,’ or anybody else. 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, page 27:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
pooring	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
poors	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
poored	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
poored	Tense=Past	lexicographic

Synonyms

poverish · poor · beggar · ruin · pauperize · pauperize · impoor · impoverish · empoverish · depauperate · ruin · depauperize · destitute · to make poor · immiserate · beggar · impoverish · embeggar

Translations (4)

bg обеднявам (to become poor) · bg обеднея (to become poor) · bg обеднявам (to make poor) · bg обедня (to make poor)

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poor en · VERB

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