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beggar
[ beg-er ]
noun
- a penniless person.
- a wretched fellow; rogue:
the surly beggar who collects the rents.
- a child or youngster (usually preceded by little ):
a sudden urge to hug the little beggar.
verb (used with object)
- to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish:
The family had been beggared by the war.
- to cause one's resources of or ability for (description, comparison, etc.) to seem poor or inadequate:
The costume beggars description.
beggar
/ ˈ²úɛɡə /
noun
- a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging
- a person who has no money or resources; pauper
- ironic.fellow
lucky beggar!
verb
- to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description )
- to impoverish; reduce to begging
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú±ð²µ²µ²¹°ùËŒ³ó´Ç´Ç»å, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú±ð²µî€ƒg²¹°ù·³ó´Ç´Ç»å noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
A 19th English guide to the Swiss alps wrote that "most of the children are beggars".
"It beggars belief. Their players told the ref not to send me off and their chairman even offered to take a player off to even things up."
"If you have a fire, does the fire have to be a certain temperature? It beggars belief."
A source familiar with the dilemmas told me it “beggars belief†that minsters can talk about giving the NHS extra billions and promising reform without doing the same for social care.
Armstrong said the use of hotels and bed and breakfasts as temporary accommodation has been well documented, but confirmation that glamping pods are now also being utilised “beggars beliefâ€.
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