All poverty-stricken synonyms
pov·er·ty-strick·en
P p adj poverty-stricken
- dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- dirt poor — lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- flat broke — having no money
- depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- 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.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- moneyless — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- hard up — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- dogeared — (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- bad off — If you are bad off, you are in a bad situation.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- down-and-out — without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- indigent — lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
adjective poverty-stricken
- impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- fortuneless — Unlucky, unfortunate.
- needy — in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.
- curer — A healer.