What is another word for poverty-stricken?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɒvətistɹˈɪkən], [ pˈɒvətistɹˈɪkən], [ p_ˈɒ_v_ə_t_i_s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ə_n]
Related words: poverty stricken, poverty stricken people, the poorest country in the world, the poorest countries in the world, poorest countries in the world, poorest countries in the world 2018, is my country one of the poorest countries in the world, poverty-stricken people
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Synonyms for Poverty-stricken:
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adj.
• disadvantaged • needy • poor- Fortuneless ,
- bankrupt ,
- beggarly ,
- behind eight ball ,
- bereft ,
- busted ,
- dilapidated ,
- distressed ,
- embarrassed ,
- hand-to-mouth ,
- have-not ,
- homeless ,
- pauper ,
- penurious ,
- scruffy ,
- stone broke ,
- struggling ,
- truly needy ,
- cash-starved ,
- cash-strapped ,
- dispossessed ,
- empty-handed ,
- hard-pressed ,
- mean ,
- poorer ,
- underfinanced ,
- underpaid ,
- worse off .
- be reft ,
- be-reft ,
- in solvent ,
- in-solvent ,
- more beggared ,
- more busted ,
- more divested ,
- more moneyless ,
- more pinched ,
- more totaled ,
- more without ,
- most beggared ,
- most busted ,
- most divested ,
- most moneyless ,
- most pinched ,
- most totaled ,
- most without ,
- on breadline ,
- on rocks ,
- totaled .
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- in gutter ,
- in poorhouse ,
- in red ,
- more outcast ,
- more vagrant ,
- most outcast ,
- most vagrant ,
- on skids ,
- out cast ,
- out funds ,
- out-cast ,
- outcast .
- have not ,
- havenot ,
- more have not ,
- more have-not ,
- more havenot ,
- more hurting ,
- most have not ,
- most have-not ,
- most havenot ,
- most hurting .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- de generated ,
- de solate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-solate ,
- dis figured ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-reputable ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- gone seed ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disfigured ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more frayed ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disfigured ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most frayed ,
- motheaten ,
- rickety .
Other synonyms:
- Strapped ,
- broke ,
- impecunious .
Other relevant words:
- Beggared ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Fleeced ,
- Pauperized ,
- Stoney ,
- Unmoneyed ,
- back-alley ,
- bad ,
- bad off ,
- badly off ,
- barren ,
- bereaved ,
- bust ,
- dead ,
- dead broke ,
- deprived ,
- desolate ,
- devoid ,
- difficult ,
- dingy ,
- dirt-poor ,
- disadvantaged ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- famished ,
- financially embarrassed ,
- flat ,
- fortune ,
- ghettoized ,
- hard ,
- impeccable ,
- impencunious ,
- in bad straits ,
- in dire circumstances ,
- in dire straits ,
- in need ,
- in rags ,
- in reduced circumstances ,
- in the red ,
- in want ,
- inadequate ,
- indigent ,
- innocent ,
- insolvent ,
- insufficient ,
- landless ,
- lean ,
- mendicant ,
- miserable ,
- miserably poor ,
- moneyless ,
- necessitous ,
- needful ,
- needy ,
- on one's uppers ,
- on the breadline ,
- on the bum ,
- on the dole ,
- on the skids ,
- on uppers ,
- oppressed ,
- pinched ,
- ramshackle ,
- reduced ,
- rock ,
- scrubby ,
- seamy ,
- seedy ,
- short ,
- skint ,
- sleazy ,
- slummy ,
- sordid ,
- starveling ,
- stony ,
- stony-broke ,
- straitened ,
- stranded ,
- stripped ,
- suffering ,
- tatty ,
- tumbledown ,
- underprivileged ,
- unsophisticated ,
- up against it ,
- upper ,
- wanting ,
- wiped out ,
- wretched .
- broken down ,
- cleaned out ,
- deprived of ,
- destitute ,
- devoid of ,
- dirt poor ,
- dog-eared ,
- down and out ,
- down to last penny ,
- down-and-out ,
- flat broke ,
- gone to seed ,
- impoverished ,
- in need of ,
- in the gutter ,
- in the poorhouse ,
- on last leg ,
- on the rocks ,
- out of funds ,
- penniless ,
- played out ,
- poor ,
- scurvy ,
- shabby ,
- squalid ,
- without a dime ,
- wornout ,
- worse for wear .
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How to use "Poverty-stricken" in context?
There are more people living in poverty in the United States today than ever before. The official poverty rate is 15.8 percent, but that number doesn't tell the full story. Millions of families are struggling just to make ends meet.
There are a number of reasons for this increase in poverty, but one of the main causes is the economy. Many workers who used to have jobs now don't have them anymore. And even those who do still can't afford to live the way they used to.
People who are living in poverty often have very low incomes.
Paraphrases for Poverty-stricken:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
destitute, impoverished, indigent.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
difficult, disadvantaged, underdeveloped, underprivileged, anti-poverty, resource-poor, poverty-reducing.
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Adjective
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- Synonyms:
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