Indigent

Adjective

 * 1) Poor; destitute; in need.
 * 2) * 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
 * I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the Greek Cause.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Noun

 * 1) A person in need, or in poverty
 * 1975: I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known. — Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

Adverbs for Indigent
pitiably; constantly; seriously; tragically; pathetically; needlessly; shiftlessly; lazily; idly; impecuniously; miserably; wretchedly; helplessly; hopelessly; strangely; mysteriously; unaccountably; unwarrantably; incomprehensibly.

Thesaurus
almsman, almswoman, bankrupt, beggar, beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, casual, charity case, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down-and-out, down-and-outer, flat broke, fleeced, ghettoized, hard up, hardcase, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in rags, in want, mendicant, necessitous, needy, on relief, out at elbows, pauper, pauperized, penniless, penniless man, penurious, poor, poor devil, poor man, poorling, poverty-stricken, short, starveling, strapped, stripped, underprivileged, welfare client

Etymology
c. 1400,, from indigentem:, form of indigere: from indu: + egere:.

Only relation to antonym affluent: is common Latinate suffix.

Adjective

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:


 * Finnish: köyhä, varaton, puutteenalainen

Noun

 * Finnish: köyhä

Related terms

 * indigence