- Types Of Speech
- You can use poor as a adjective satellite or as a article in a sentence.
- About Poor
- A 1 syllables adjective satellite and 4 letters with the letters o, p, and r, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters oo. Poor starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, po, poo, and the ending characters are r, or, oor, . Poor is also a double vowel (oo) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- 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 d
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Poor is set as a kindergarten word that starts with p, ends with r, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 4 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is poor a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Poor in Pig Latin is said as "oorpay or oorpway".
- Unigram
- p | o | o | r
- Bigram
- po | oo | or
- Trigram
- poo | oor
- Quadrigram
- poor
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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 d - yielding little by great labor;
"a hardscrabble farm";
"poor soil" - unsatisfactory;
"a poor light for reading";
"poor morale" - low in degree;
"expectations were poor" - not sufficient to meet a need;
"an inadequate income";
"a poor salary";
"money is short";
"on short rations";
"food is in short supply";
"short on experience" - moderate to inferior in quality;
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average";
"he would make a poor spy"
- Article Examples
- having little money or few possessions;
"deplored the gap between rich and poor countries";
"the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" - badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances;
"a poor land";
"the area was poor in timber and coal";
"food poor in nutritive value" - characterized by or indicating lack of money;
"the country had a poor economy"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
| Abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
| Abstainer | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Abstemious | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy |
| Adverse | in an opposing direction "adverse currents" "a contrary wind" |
| Affecting | arousing affect "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene" "poignant grief cannot endure forever" "his gratitude was simple and touching" |
| Afflictive | causing misery or pain or distress "it was a sore trial to him" "the painful process of growing up" |
| Against | |
| Ailment | an often persistent bodily disorder or disease a cause for complaining |
View all cognitive synonyms for Poor
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poor | 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 d |
View English words with the unique letters used in poor. Words With The Letters Opr
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Apoorva | No | No |
| Spoorthi | No | Yes |
| Poorna | Yes | No |
| Poorvi | Yes | Yes |
| Poornima | Yes | Yes |
View All Names For Poor
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unfortunate | a person who suffers misfortune |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | person | ||
| Group (5 letters) | 8 +2 | 11 +4 | group | ||
| Hopper (6 letters) | 13 +7 | 14 +7 | hopper | ||
| Proof (5 letters) | 10 +4 | 11 +4 | proof | ||
| Prowl (5 letters) | 10 +4 | 12 +5 | prowl | ||
| Roping (6 letters) | 9 +3 | 12 +5 | roping | ||
| Drop (4 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | drop | ||
| Pogrom (6 letters) | 11 +5 | 14 +7 | gmoopr | ||
| Sport (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | strop | ||
| Poker (5 letters) | 11 +5 | 12 +5 | poker | ||
| Romp (4 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | prom | ||
| Parody (6 letters) | 12 +6 | 12 +5 | parody | ||
| Probe (5 letters) | 9 +3 | 11 +4 | probe | ||
| Patrol (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | aprlto | ||
| Popery (6 letters) | 13 +7 | 14 +7 | pyrope | ||
| Repose (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | repose | ||
| Pardon (6 letters) | 9 +3 | 11 +4 | pardon | ||
| Props (5 letters) | 9 +3 | 11 +4 | props | ||
| Parole (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | aelopr | ||
| Orphan (6 letters) | 11 +5 | 12 +5 | orphan | ||
| Parvo (5 letters) | 10 +4 | 12 +5 | vapor | ||
| Capros (6 letters) | 10 +4 | 12 +5 | capros | ||
| Pastor (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | pastor | ||
| Progne (6 letters) | 9 +3 | 12 +5 | progne | ||
| Raptor (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | aoprrt |
Poor Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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