down-and-out

4 definitions found

down-and-out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  down-and-out \down-and-out\ n.
     a person who is destitute; as, he tried to help the
     down-and-out.
     [WordNet 1.5]

down-and-out - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  down-and-out
      adj 1: lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
      n 1: a person who is destitute; "he tried to help the down-and-
           out"

down-and-out - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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