Destitute
Destitute adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: many families were left destitute by the horrible fire
Poverty-stricken is a synonym for destitute in penniless topic. In some cases you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Destitute", when it comes to topics like rich, poor, wanting. popular alternative
Nearby Words: destitution, destituted
Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and destitute
- poor and poverty-stricken
- penurious and destitute
- penurious and poverty-stricken
- distressed and destitute
- distressed and poverty-stricken
- indigent and destitute
- indigent and poverty-stricken
- bankrupt and destitute
- bankrupt and poverty-stricken
- beggarly and destitute
- beggarly and poverty-stricken
- down and out and destitute
- down and out and poverty-stricken
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Poverty-stricken and Destitute. (2016). Retrieved 2023, June 06, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destitute/poverty-stricken
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