poverty-stricken
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: in great need financially poor
Synonyms:
bad off
bankrupt
beggared
beggarly
broke
destitute
dirt poor
distressed
down-and-out
hard up
impencunious
impoverished
indigent
in dire circumstances
in want
moneyless
necessitous
needful
needy
penniless
penurious
short
stone broke
stranded
strapped
unmoneyed
wanting
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