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Showing words for POORNESS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Poorness

poorness, snoopers, spooners

7 Letter Words for Poorness

noosers, operons, persons, poroses, seroons, snooper, sonores, sooners, sponsor, spooner

6 Letter Words for Poorness

nooser, nooses, nosers, oonses, oopses, operon, ospore, person, pornos, porose, posers, posser, prones, proses, prosos, roneos, rooses, senors, sensor, serons, seroon, snoops, snoose, snores, sooner, sooper, sopors, sorose, speron, spoons, spoorn, spoors, spores, sprose

5 Letter Words for Poorness

noops, noose, nopes, norse, noser, noses, oners, ooses, opens, ornes, osone, peons, perns, pesos, pones, ponos, poons, pores, porno, porns, poros, poser, poses, posse, press, prone, proos, prose, proso, pross, repos, roneo, rones, roons, roops, roose, ropes, roses, senor, senso, seron, snerp, snoop, snore, sones, sonse, soops, sopor, sores, sorns, speos, spoon, spoor, spore

4 Letter Words for Poorness

eons, epos, erns, eros, esop, neps, ness, noes, noop, nope, nore, nose, oner, ones, oons, oops, oose, open, opes, oreo, ores, oses, osse, pens, peon, pern, pers, peso, pess, pone, pons, poon, poor, poos, pore, porn, pose, poss, pres, pron, proo, pros, reno, repo, reps, resp, roes, rone, roon, roop, roos, rope, rose, ross, sens, seor, sepn, seps, sero, sers, snop, sone, sons, soon, soop, sope, sops, sore, sorn, soso, spor

3 Letter Words for Poorness

ens, eon, eos, ern, ers, esp, esr, ess, neo, nep, noo, nor, nos, oer, oes, one, ono, ons, oon, oop, oor, oos, ope, ops, ore, ors, ose, pen, per, pes, pon, poo, por, pos, pre, prn, pro, prs, rep, res, roe, ron, roo, ros, rps, sen, sep, ser, son, sop, sps, sse, ssp

Definitions for Poorness

[1] having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
[2] Law . dependent upon charity or public support.
[3] (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.
[4] characterized by or showing poverty.
[5] deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.
[6] faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.
[7] deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.
[8] excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.
[9] of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.
[10] lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.
[11] deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.
[12] scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.
[13] humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.
[14] unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.
[15] (used with a plural verb ) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the ): sympathy for the poor.
[16] poor as a church mouse , extremely poor.
[17] poor as Job's turkey , extremely poor; impoverished.
[18] lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the poor
[19] characterized by or indicating poverty the country had a poor economy
[20] deficient in amount; scanty or inadequate a poor salary
[21] (when postpositive, usually foll by in ) badly supplied (with resources, materials, etc) a region poor in wild flowers
[22] lacking in quality; inferior
[23] giving no pleasure; disappointing or disagreeable a poor play
[24] (prenominal) deserving of pity; unlucky poor John is ill again
[25] poor man's something a (cheaper) substitute for something

Words related to Poorness

poordestitution, need, poverty, impoverishment, meagerness

Words nearby Poorness

poorpoop sheet, poop staff, pooped, pooper-scooper, poopó, poor, poor as a churchmouse, poor box, poor boy, poor boy sweater, poor farm

Origin of Poorness

1150–1200; Middle English pov(e)re < Old French povre < Latin pauper. See pauper

Words that may be confused with Poorness

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, poorpaw, poor, pore

Other words from Poorness

poor·ness , noun
non·poor , noun
qua·si-poor , adjective
qua·si-poor·ly , adverb

Word origin for Poorness

C13: from Old French povre, from Latin pauper; see pauper , poverty

Synonyms for Poorness

destitution, impecuniousness, impoverishment, meagerness, need, poverty