Synonyms for poverty-stricken
See poverty-stricken in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having little or no money or wealth:
beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor. (Informal) broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich
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