Beggarly
Beggarly adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: the dictator and his inner circle lived in unconscionable luxury while the beggarly masses eked out a pitiful existence
Famished and beggarly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Famished" instead an adjective "Beggarly".
Famished
Famished adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: do-gooders who were terribly distraught about the poor in other countries but were oblivious to the plight of the famished families in their own community
Beggarly and famished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beggarly" instead an adjective "Famished".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and beggarly
- poor and famished
- impoverished and beggarly
- impoverished and famished
- needful and beggarly
- needful and famished
- needy and beggarly
- needy and famished
- poverty-stricken and beggarly
- poverty-stricken and famished
- skint and beggarly
- skint and famished
- necessitous and beggarly
- necessitous and famished
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