All prosperous antonyms
pros·per·ous
P p adj prosperous
- badly off — If you are badly off, you are in a bad situation.
- forlorn — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- in-solvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- moneyless — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- dirt poor — lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- fordone — exhausted with fatigue.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
- low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- flat broke — having no money
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- deprived — Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
- lowdown — the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.