- necessitous
- adjective Date: 1611 1. needy, impoverished 2. urgent, pressing 3. necessary • necessitously adverb • necessitousness noun
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Necessitous — Ne*ces si*tous, a. [Cf. F. n[ e]cessiteux.] 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. [1913 Webster] Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
necessitous — index destitute, exigent, impecunious, important (urgent), mandatory, necessary (required), poor … Law dictionary
necessitous — *poor, indigent, needy, destitute, penniless, impecunious, poverty stricken Analogous words: impoverished, drained, depleted, exhausted, bankrupt (see DEPLETE) Contrasted words: *rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent … New Dictionary of Synonyms
necessitous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking the necessities of life; poor … English terms dictionary
necessitous — [nə ses′ətəs] adj. [Fr nécessiteux: see NECESSITY & OUS] 1. in great need; destitute; needy 2. that is necessary or essential 3. calling for action; urgent necessitously adv. necessitousness n … English World dictionary
necessitous — necessitously, adv. necessitousness, n. /neuh ses i teuhs/, adj. 1. destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother. 2. being essential or unavoidable: a necessitous discharge of responsibilities. 3. requiring… … Universalium
necessitous — adjective /nəˈsɛ.sə.təs/ a) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor. For all our vow of poverty, we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity. b) In need, lacking … Wiktionary
necessitous — adjective distributing milk to necessitous mothers Syn: needy, poor, short of money, disadvantaged, underprivileged, in straitened circumstances, impoverished, poverty stricken, penniless, impecunious, destitute, pauperized, indigent, without a… … Thesaurus of popular words
necessitous — ne•ces•si•tous [[t]nəˈsɛs ɪ təs[/t]] adj. 1) needy; indigent 2) essential or unavoidable 3) requiring immediate attention or action; urgent: necessitous demands[/ex] • Etymology: 1605–15 ne•ces′si•tous•ly, adv. ne•ces′si•tous•ness, n … From formal English to slang
necessitous circumstances — See necessitous condition … Ballentine's law dictionary
