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poverty-stricken
pov·er·ty-strick·en (pŏv′ər-tē-strĭk′ən)adj. Extremely poor: "the poverty-stricken masses of the globe who die wretchedly of hunger and disease" (Louis Auchincloss).poverty-stricken adj suffering from extreme poverty pov′erty-strick`en
adj. extremely poor. [1795–1805] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | poverty-stricken - poor enough to need help from othersdestitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needypoor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
poverty-strickenadjective penniless, broke (informal), bankrupt, impoverished, short, poor, distressed, beggared, needy, destitute, down and out, skint (Brit. slang), indigent, down at heel, impecunious, dirt-poor (informal), on the breadline, flat broke (informal), penurious, on your uppers, stony-broke (Brit. slang), in queer street, without two pennies to rub together (informal), on your beam-ends two poverty-stricken bag ladiespoverty-strickenadjectiveHaving 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.Translations
poverty-stricken
Related to poverty-stricken: impoverishedSynonyms for poverty-strickenadj pennilessSynonyms- penniless
- broke
- bankrupt
- impoverished
- short
- poor
- distressed
- beggared
- needy
- destitute
- down and out
- skint
- indigent
- down at heel
- impecunious
- dirt-poor
- on the breadline
- flat broke
- penurious
- on your uppers
- stony-broke
- in queer street
- without two pennies to rub together
- on your beam-ends
Synonyms for poverty-strickenadj having little or no money or wealthSynonyms- beggarly
- destitute
- down-and-out
- impecunious
- impoverished
- indigent
- necessitous
- needy
- penniless
- penurious
- poor
- broke
- strapped
Synonyms for poverty-strickenadj poor enough to need help from othersSynonyms- destitute
- impoverished
- indigent
- necessitous
- needy
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