poverty-stricken
11poverty-stricken — adjective Very poor …
12poverty stricken — Synonyms and related words: beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, deprived, disadvantaged, fleeced, ghettoized, impoverished, in need, in rags, in want, indigent, mendicant, necessitous, needy, on relief, out at elbows, pauperized, starveling,… …
13poverty-stricken — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. penniless, broke, bankrupt; see poor 1 , wanting 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. impoverished, strapped, broke. see poor III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute …
14poverty-stricken — adjective extremely poor …
15poverty-stricken — adjective extremely poor and having problems because of this: a povertystricken area …
16poverty-stricken — adj indigent, impoverished, penurious. See indigent(def. 1) …
17poverty-stricken — UK / US adjective extremely poor …
18ˈpoverty-ˌstricken — adj extremely poor …
19poverty-stricken — pov′erty strick en adj. extremely poor • Etymology: 1795–1805 …
20poverty-stricken — adjective poor enough to need help from others • Syn: ↑destitute, ↑impoverished, ↑indigent, ↑necessitous, ↑needy • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …