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单词 poverty-stricken
释义

poverty-stricken

adjective

pov·​er·​ty-strick·​en ˈpä-vər-tē-ˌstri-kən How to pronounce poverty-stricken (audio)
: very poor : destitute

Synonyms

  • beggared
  • beggarly
  • broke
  • destitute
  • dirt-poor
  • down-and-out
  • famished
  • hard up
  • impecunious
  • impoverished
  • indigent
  • necessitous
  • needful
  • needy
  • pauperized
  • penniless
  • penurious
  • poor
  • skint [chiefly British]
  • threadbare
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Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

poverty-stricken

adjective

as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • impoverished
  • poor
  • broke
  • indigent
  • bankrupt
  • beggared
  • penniless
  • needy
  • deprived
  • pauperized
  • impecunious
  • destitute
  • dirt-poor
  • beggarly
  • depressed
  • penurious
  • bankrupted
  • needful
  • threadbare
  • famished
  • skint
  • underprivileged
  • necessitous
  • disadvantaged
  • down-and-out
  • hard up
  • distressed
  • out at elbows
  • out of pocket
  • dispossessed
  • out at the elbows
  • hardscrabble
  • down on one's luck
  • ruined
  • insolvent
  • poorish
  • reduced
  • busted
  • bust
  • straitened
  • unaffluent
  • pinched
  • short
  • cash-strapped
  • hand-to-mouth
  • possessionless
  • low
  • tapped out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • affluent
  • wealthy
  • rich
  • opulent
  • moneyed
  • monied
  • fat
  • well-off
  • flush
  • well-to-do
  • prosperous
  • well-heeled
  • silk-stocking
  • fat-cat
  • comfortable
  • deep-pocketed
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