beggarly English

Meaning beggarly meaning

What does beggarly mean?

beggarly

— adjective (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

— adjective (= mean) marked by poverty befitting a beggar a beggarly existence in the slums a mean hut

Synonyms beggarly synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as beggarly?

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poor

mean

wretched

miserable

destitute

indigent

unblessed

squalid

scant

piteous

ignoble

grotty

forlorn

beastly

bastardly

abject

worthless

woeful

villainous

unenviable

unblest

sorry

sordid

shabby

seedy

scrubby

scrub

rotten

putrid

poverty-stricken

pitiful

pitiable

peeled

medicant

mangey

low-down

inferior

humble

haggard

filthy

disgraceful

dirty

deplorable

chintzy

caitiff