Synonyms for poverty-stricken
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Impoverished
impoverished, poor, destitute, needy, indigent, disadvantaged, impecunious, stony, broke, beggarly, beggared, penurious, necessitous, penniless, bankrupt, strapped, insolvent, pinched, moneyless
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Very poor.
The small village was poverty-stricken, with many families struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and water.
Example sentences
- needy The socially needy receive an additional allowance.
- impoverished The war lasting for years impoverished the country.
- destitute It was there that this destitute child was born.
- indigent Being indigent is a misfortune, not a crime.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1
- 5 letters
- broke1, needy2, stony2
- 7 letters
- pinched1
- 8 letters
- bankrupt2, strapped1, indigent3, beggarly, beggared
- 9 letters
- destitute3, penniless3, insolvent3, moneyless3, penurious4
- 11 letters
- impecunious, necessitous
- 12 letters
- impoverished3
- 13 letters
- disadvantaged4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).