Synonyms for Poverty stricken:

• adj.

  •beggarly (adjective)
  • inadequate.
  •depressed (adjective)
  • impaired,
  • weakened,
  • skid row,
  • ghetto,
  • poverty-stricken,
  • Cheapened,
  • shanty,
  • Depreciated,
  • devalued,
  • ghost,
  • run-down,
  • deprived,
  • underprivileged.
  •destitute (adjective)
  • bereft,
  • insolvent,
  • exhausted,
  • flat broke,
  • lacking,
  • on the rocks,
  • stony,
  • deficient,
  • empty,
  • dead broke,
  • depleted,
  • deprived of,
  • impecunious,
  • flat,
  • busted,
  • on the breadline,
  • played out,
  • wiped out,
  • Divested,
  • stripped,
  • Without,
  • totaled,
  • pinched,
  • drained,
  • devoid of,
  • in need of.
  •down-and-out (adjective)
  • finished,
  • vagabond,
  • beaten,
  • in the poorhouse,
  • ruined,
  • on the skids,
  • vagrant,
  • in the red,
  • derelict,
  • defeated,
  • broken,
  • out of funds,
  • outcast,
  • in the gutter.
  •impoverished (adjective)
  • have-not,
  • clean,
  • hurting,
  • spent,
  • reduced,
  • sterile,
  • barren.
  •indigent (adjective)
  • homeless.
  •miserable (adjective)
  • contemptible,
  • scurvy,
  • meager,
  • piteous,
  • mean,
  • tragic,
  • detestable,
  • sorry,
  • pathetic,
  • squalid,
  • godforsaken,
  • shameful,
  • pitiable,
  • bad,
  • wretched,
  • scanty,
  • worthless,
  • paltry,
  • despicable,
  • inferior,
  • lamentable,
  • sad,
  • sordid,
  • deplorable,
  • disgraceful,
  • abject,
  • low,
  • vile.
  •necessitous (adjective)
  • on one's uppers.
  •needy (adjective)
  • unprosperous,
  • down to last cent,
  • disadvantaged,
  • down at heel.
  •penniless (adjective)
  • down to last penny,
  • over a barrel,
  • without a dime,
  • tapped out,
  • cleaned out,
  • on last leg.
  •poor (adjective)
  • Pauperized,
  • truly needy,
  • behind eight ball,
  • empty-handed,
  • Fortuneless,
  • in need.
  •poverty-stricken (adjective)
  • needful,
  • broke,
  • distressed,
  • Beggared,
  • down-and-out,
  • dirt poor,
  • short,
  • Unmoneyed,
  • penurious,
  • penniless,
  • poor,
  • indigent,
  • stranded,
  • needy,
  • bad off,
  • in great need; financially poor,
  • suffering,
  • in want,
  • Strapped,
  • impencunious,
  • beggarly,
  • hard up,
  • down and out,
  • moneyless,
  • impoverished,
  • stone broke,
  • in dire circumstances,
  • bankrupt,
  • necessitous,
  • wanting,
  • miserably poor,
  • destitute.
  •ruined (adjective)
  • Fleeced,
  • gone under,
  • indebted,
  • out of business.
  •scrubby (adjective)
  • tatty,
  • all the worse for wear,
  • pot,
  • cure,
  • rundown,
  • down-at-heel.
  •shabby (adjective)
  • disfigured,
  • ramshackle,
  • ruinous,
  • faded,
  • ragged,
  • Decaying,
  • deteriorating,
  • neglected,
  • ratty,
  • rickety,
  • frayed,
  • decrepit,
  • bedraggled,
  • decayed,
  • seedy,
  • dilapidated,
  • dog-eared,
  • threadbare,
  • scrubby,
  • tattered,
  • scruffy,
  • pitiful,
  • mangy,
  • sleazy,
  • desolate,
  • crummy,
  • worn-out,
  • Degenerated,
  • gone to seed,
  • shoddy,
  • tacky,
  • worn,
  • bare,
  • disreputable,
  • worse for wear,
  • dingy,
  • tired,
  • slipshod,
  • Deteriorated,
  • miserable,
  • moth-eaten.
  •squalid (adjective)
  • horrible,
  • broken-down,
  • disgusting,
  • odorous,
  • disheveled,
  • shabby,
  • moldy,
  • offensive,
  • impure,
  • ignoble,
  • miry,
  • foul,
  • muddy,
  • horrid,
  • repellent,
  • ugly,
  • musty,
  • repulsive,
  • reeking,
  • slovenly,
  • base,
  • fetid,
  • sloppy,
  • grimy,
  • filthy,
  • unkempt,
  • soiled,
  • abominable,
  • gruesome,
  • nasty,
  • unclean,
  • dirty.

Antonyms for Poverty stricken:

• adj.

  • beggarly
    luxurious.
  • depressed
    convex, satisfied, prosperous, cheerful, encouraged, strong, flourishing, unburdened, bulging, comforted, pushed up, blessed, raised.
  • destitute
    secure, solvent.
  • down-and-out
    well-to-do.
  • impoverished
    increased, Enriched, saved, enlarged, full, plentiful.
  • miserable
    generous, merry, great, elated, glad, nice, good, reputable, advantageous, fortunate, sufficient, adequate, joyful.
  • needy
    privileged.
  • poor
    potent, superior, fertile.
  • poverty-stricken
    happy, affluent, wealthy, lucky, rich.
  • ruined
    protected, preserved, repaired, successful, restored, Mended, intact.
  • shabby
    healthy, unused, honorable, clean, fresh, respectable, new, stable.
  • squalid
    clear, bright, kept-up, pure, sterile.