Crossword clues for poorer
poorer
- In worse shape
- Not as well off
- Further from A-quality work
- Worse off than the Cratchits
- Traditional wedding vow word
- Of less worth
- Not as well-off
- Not as rich
- Not as flush
- More deprived
- Less sterling
- Far less rich
- Comparative in a wedding vow
- "For richer, for ___"
- "For richer, for ___ ..." (vow words)
- "For richer or for ___ ..."
- Not as good
- Word before "in sickness and in health"
- Relatively cheesy
- More in need
- Less well off
- Wiser's correlative
- " . . . richer, for ___ . . . "
- Wedding-vow word
- More destitute
- Worse off, financially
- More meager
- Less well-off
- Less affluent
- More indigent
- Less wealthy
- Less convincing, as an excuse
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. Poorer (?; 254); superl. Poorest.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see Paucity, Few), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See Few, and cf. Parade, Pauper, Poverty.]
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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people.
(Law) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
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Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as:
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. ``Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed.''
--Gen. xli. 19.Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. ``His genius . . . poor and cowardly.''
--Bacon.Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. ``A poor vessel.''
--Clarendon.Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
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Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.
--Calamy.
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Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray.
--Shak.Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing.
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Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. ``Blessed are the poor in spirit.''
--Matt. v. 3.Poor law, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor.
Poor man's treacle (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng]
--Dr. Prior.Poor man's weatherglass (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel ( Anagallis arvensis), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather.
Poor rate, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor.
Poor soldier (Zo["o]l.), the friar bird.
The poor, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. ``I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves.''
--Franklin.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: poor)
Usage examples of "poorer".
The haute cuisine of the better-off tended towards the Chinese and was eaten with chopsticks where the poorer classes used a spoon.
But I felt unable to play the pauper, my father having taught me that the poorer you appear, the poorer you become.
The poorer ones, naturally, had the worst of the cells and were forced to eat food which was barely adequate for keeping body and soul together.
I could think of no other who might assist: I have never had wealthy friends and at that time most of my acquaintance were poorer even than I.
I know the poorer quarters of Baghdad with an embarrassing familiarity, for when my story begins, I am but a poor porter, carrying goods from one quarter of our magnificent city to another for whatever coin or barter might be had.
Perhaps, I considered, there were some advantages to being poorer than poor.
Many in the poorer section of our magnificent city had often made disparaging comments upon my being the namesake of mighty Sinbad the traveler.
We have an actual porter in our midst, who can tell us of the brighter moments among the poorer classes.
The poorer classes travelled on foot, as at the north, but drew after them carts with all their household effects.
That valley, so rapidly exploited of its resources that it has grown ages poorer, is yet virile, youthful in its faults and its achievements.
At the time appointed nearly three hundred persons assembled, mostly of the poorer class.
When he had done, I felt something press on my mind towards the poorer classes present, who I was sure could not understand English: so I stepped down from the pulpit, and placing myself by the minister, requested he would render for me a few sentences as literally as he could.
Like you, too, they devote considerable attention to the improvement of schools, and the improvement of the temporal condition of the poorer classes among whom they labor.
Twelve young men of the poorer class, who have offered themselves from a sense of duty to become missionaries, are there taught various languages, and retained until some field of labor opens for them to which they feel bound.
They harvested an annual crop from the best land and left poorer land fallow every second or third year.