All dirt poor synonyms
dirt poor
D d adj dirt poor
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- penniless β without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.
- insolvent β not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- destitute β Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- bankrupt β People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- poverty-stricken β suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
- underprivileged β denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
- disadvantaged β 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.
- meager β deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- distressed β afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- strapped β needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- impoverished β reduced to poverty.
- bust β a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- ruined β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- beggared β a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- down-and-out β without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- scanty β scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- suffering β the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- indebted β committed or obligated to repay a monetary loan: He was indebted to his friend for a large sum.
- indigent β lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
- needy β in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.
- penurious β extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- poor β having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- cleaned out β free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- flat broke β having no money
- stone broke β having no money whatsoever.
- tapped out β having no ready money; broke
- bereft β If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it.
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- drained β to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- flat β horizontally level: a flat roof.
- impecunious β having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- lacking β being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- stony β full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- stripped β having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- without β with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking: without help; without shoes; without her helping me; without him to help.
- necessitous β destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- busted β caught out doing something wrong and therefore in trouble
- moneyless β any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- on the rocks β a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- pinched β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- played out β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- totaled β constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- wiped out β completely exhausted.
- broke β Broke is the past tense of break.
- homeless β without a home: a homeless child.
- unprosperous β having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- clean β Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.