Synonyms of poverty-stricken

adjectiveVery poor.

• almslessNot having any alms; impoverished.
• arm
• badly offIn unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty.
• bankruptIn a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been...
• beggaredPoor; empoverished.
• beggarlyIn the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
• boracic
• brokeWithout any money, penniless.
• brokenHaving no money; bankrupt, broke.
• broker than the Ten CommandmentsExtremely impoverished.
• destituteLacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
• dirt poor
• disadvantaged
• down and outIn a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback.
• down at heel
• down on one's luckUnlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters.
• down on one's uppersImpecunious, lacking money.
• empty-handed
• farthinglessWithout a farthing; very poor.
• feeling the pinch
• flat
• goodlessWithout goods or property; destitute.
• hard upLacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
• impecuniousLacking money.
• impoverished
• in need
• indigentPoor; destitute; in need.
• insolvent
• lower-class
• moneylessHaving no (or very little) money.
• necessitous
• needy
• pauperized
• pennilessLacking even the smallest amount of money.
• penuriousImpoverished; wanting for money.
• pinched
• pok kai slangHaving no money; broke; bankrupt.
• poorWith no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• poor as a church mouseVery poor, to the point of starving or begging; utterly destitute.
• poor as a ratSynonym of poor as a church mouse.
• poor as JobExtremely poor, destitute.
• possessionlessWithout possessions.
• poverty-riddenSuffering from poverty.
• shillinglessWithout a shilling; broke.
• skint
• stone-broke
• stony-broke
• strapped
• unwealthyNot wealthy.
• wealthlessHaving little or no wealth; poor.
• depauperate obsolete
• groatless archaic, rareWithout a groat; very poor.
• oofless UK, datedShort of money; poor.
• stuck archaic, slangIn the situation of having no money.
• threadbare archaic, obsoleteOf a person: wearing clothes of threadbare (sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor.