Poverty-stricken synonyms

pŏv'ər-tē-strĭk'ən

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destitute
Lacking the necessities of life; living in complete poverty
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penurious
Characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished
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penniless
Entirely without money.
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broke
The definition of broke is having little or no money.
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bankrupt
Depleted of valuable qualities or characteristics:
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poor (related)
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
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wanting (related)
Absent; lacking:
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impoverished
Reduced to poverty.
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indigent
(Archaic) Lacking; destitute (of)
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needy
Desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence
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down-and-out
Alternative spelling of down and out.
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strapped
(Informal) In great need of money
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miserably poor
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suffering
Present participle of suffer.
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wealthy (antonym)
Of, characterized by, or suggestive of wealth or abundance
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rich (antonym)
Highly varied, developed, or complex:
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beggarly
Like or fit for a beggar; very poor, worthless, inadequate, etc.
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impecunious
The definition of impecunious is a person without any money.
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necessitous
In great need; destitute; needy
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hard-up
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on-one-s-uppers
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underprivileged (related)
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grinding-poverty (related)
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downtrodden (related)
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slum-dwellers (related)
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Poverty-stricken Sentence Examples

  • She couldn't see the poverty-stricken section of the city.

  • The houses are generally built of wood and wear a poverty-stricken aspect.

  • They are poverty-stricken, and easily fall victim to fever.

  • It paints popes, cardinals, prelates, rectors, monks and friars, who call themselves followers of Peter and keepers of the gates of heaven and hell, and pale poverty-stricken people, cotless and landless, who have to pay the fat clergy for spiritual assistance, and asks if these are Peter's priests.

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