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poverty-stricken


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NOT HAVING MUCH OR ENOUGH MONEY


He visited poverty-stricken countries where people are starving.

Synonyms and examples


poor
Her family was poor and didn't own a computer.
penniless
At the time, I was a penniless student.
impoverished
formal
Benefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families.
disadvantaged
The scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children.
deprived
Deprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts.
needy
Your donations will make a difference to needy children all over the world.
destitute
The floods left thousands of people destitute.
broke
informal
I'm not going away this year. I'm broke.
strapped
informal
Most schools are pretty strapped for cash.
skint
UKslang
I can't come out tonight, I'm skint.

Antonym and example


rich
Her father is a very rich and powerful man.
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If someone is poor, they do not have much or enough money.

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poverty-stricken


adjective
These are words and phrases related to poverty-stricken. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of poverty-stricken.

SQUALID


Synonyms


degraded
wretched
sordid
rotten
miserable
abject
mean
shabby
battered
broken-down
squalid
unclean
foul
dirty
filthy
decayed
slovenly
reeking
nasty
sloppy
disheveled
slatternly
horrid
run-down
tumble-down
deteriorated
dilapidated
ramshackle

Antonyms


clean
attractive
well-kept
tidy

DEPRIVED


Synonyms


deprived
poor
impoverished
destitute
badly off
needy
in need
in want
wanting
underprivileged
disadvantaged
impecunious
low-born
pauperized
insolvent
indigent
penniless
poor as a church mouse
in straitened circumstances
pinched
down and out
broke
stony broke
hard up
born on the wrong side of the tracks

SHABBY


Synonyms


impoverished
shabby
worn
ragged
raggy
threadbare
frayed
torn
ratty
tatty
the worse for wear
neglected
deteriorated
decaying
dilapidated
broken-down
ramshackle
tumbledown
rundown
seedy

Antonyms


pristine
new
neat
well-kept
well-to-do
grand
imposing

STRAITENED


Synonyms


straitened
distressed
pinched
restricted
needy
hard-up
strapped
penniless
embarrassed
destitute
bankrupt
broke
impoverished
penurious
indigent
pauperized
wiped-out

Antonyms


comfortable
well-off
affluent
flush

DEPRESSED


Synonyms


depressed
disadvantaged
depreciated
destitute
devalued
distressed
humble
needy
plebeian
poor
underprivileged
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