poverty-stricken Synonyms
impoverished
necessitous
destitute
needy
indigent
hard up
down and out
skint
disadvantaged
stone-broke
stony-broke
dirt poor
badly off
busted
without a sou
without a penny
in reduced circumstances
as poor as a church mouse
cleaned out
in queer street
in straitened circumstances
strapped for cash
underprivileged
on the breadline
on one's uppers
in need
unmoneyed
strapped
dowerless
distressed
deprived
bust
broke
boracic
bereft
beggarly
beggared
fortuneless
impecunious
straitened
poor
penurious
penniless
pauperized
pauper
needful
moneyless
insolvent
bankrupt