Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: poor
IPA transcription: [p'uɹ]
Pronunciations of poor
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
    Meaning: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
  • Synonyms: poor
    Meaning: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
  • Synonyms: poor
    Meaning: characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: poor_people, poor
    Meaning: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"
Usage examples
  • "Poor!
  • "Poor!
  • Poor Dot!
  • "Poor Cap!
  • Poor Doll!
  • Poor child!
  • Poor Debby!
  • Poor Billy!
  • Poor devils!
  • Poor thing!"
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Attack on Pearl Harbor, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Space elevator, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording U2, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Enceladus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bill Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Lansbury, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Royal Maundy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William the Conqueror, License CC BY-SA 4.0