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бе́дный — meaning in English

bednyy

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English meaning

  • beggar noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
  • destitute adjective Completely without money or the basic means to live; extremely poor.
  • indigent adj Very poor; lacking the basic resources needed to live.
  • lean verb To bend or tilt away from an upright position, or to rest against something for support.
  • meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  • meagre adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  • miserable adj Extremely unhappy, especially over a period of time.
  • pauper noun A person who is very poor, especially one relying on charity or public assistance.
  • poor adj Having little money or few possessions.

Senses

бе́дный is used for these senses in English:

  • beggar A person suffering from extreme poverty.
  • indigent Poor; destitute; in need.
  • lean Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  • miserable In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
  • pauper One who is extremely poor.
  • poor (with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
  • poor thing Someone or something to be pitied

beggar — full definition

  1. noun A person who lives by asking others for money or food.
  2. verb To reduce someone to poverty, or to go far beyond what words or resources can describe or provide.

destitute — full definition

  1. adjective Completely without money or the basic means to live; extremely poor.
  2. adjective Entirely lacking something needed or expected.

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