1. poor - Noun
2. poor - Adjective
3. poor - Verb
5. poor - Adjective Satellite
Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhat does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. Augustine of Hippo
No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank
It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich. Anton Chekhov
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. Greek Proverb
A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot. German Proverb
The poor man needs bread, while the rich man needs everything. Armenian Proverb