Home › Words › B › beggarizebeggarizebeggarize means to reduce to a state of extreme poverty.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, beggarize ranks #30,929 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom beggar + -ize.verbTo reduce to a state of extreme poverty.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.beggar 84% match — A person who begs. vs beggarize →pauperize 74% match — To make someone a pauper; to impoverish. vs beggarize →beggarism 72% match — beggary (the state of being a beggar) vs beggarize →beggarliness 72% match — The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution. vs beggarize →beggared 71% match — poor; empoverished vs beggarize →embeggar 70% match — Synonym of beggar (“to impoverish”). vs beggarize →beggarer 69% match — One who beggars another. vs beggarize →beggary 68% match — The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty. vs beggarize →