Down-and-out

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  down-and-out
       adj : lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
       n : a person who is destitute; "he tried to help the
           down-and-out"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "down-and-out":
     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