poverty-stricken
poverty-stricken adjective: very poor.
Adjective
poverty-stricken (comparative more poverty-stricken, superlative most poverty-stricken)
- Very poor.
- The small village was poverty-stricken, with many families struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and water.
poverty-stricken meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
poverty-stricken in Tamil
- வறுமையான, வறிய, ஏழ்மையான
poverty-stricken in Malayalam
- ദരിദ്രമായ, ദീനമായ, പരാധീനമായ, ദാരിദ്യ്രബാധിതമായ
poverty-stricken in Kannada
- ಅತ್ಯಂತ ದಾರಿದ್ರ್ಯದ, ಕಡು ಬಡತನದ, ಬಡತನದ ಬೇಗೆಯ
Synonyms of poverty-stricken
- almsless
- arm
- badly off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- boracic
- broke
- broken
- broker than the Ten Commandments
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- destitute
- dirt poor
- disadvantaged
- down and out
- down at heel
- down on one's luck
- down on one's uppers
- empty-handed
- farthingless
- feeling the pinch
- flat
- goodless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- indigent
- insolvent
- lower-class
- moneyless
- necessitous
- needy
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- pok kai
- poor
- poor as a church mouse
- poor as a rat
Forms of poverty-stricken
| comparative | more poverty-stricken |
|---|---|
| superlative | most poverty-stricken |
Questions about poverty-stricken
- What does poverty-stricken mean?
- Poverty-stricken means very poor.
- What is poverty-stricken in Tamil?
- Poverty-stricken in Tamil is வறுமையான, வறிய, ஏழ்மையான. See Poverty-stricken meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is poverty-stricken?
- Poverty-stricken is an adjective.
Words near poverty-stricken in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: poverty-stricken (page history and authors); poverty-stricken (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poverty-stricken (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poverty-stricken (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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