Dirt-poor
Dirt-poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: growing up dirt-poor in the rural South
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
Dirt-poor and famished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirt-poor" instead an adjective "Famished".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and dirt-poor
- poor and famished
- beggarly and dirt-poor
- beggarly and famished
- impoverished and dirt-poor
- impoverished and famished
- needful and dirt-poor
- needful and famished
- needy and dirt-poor
- needy and famished
- poverty-stricken and dirt-poor
- poverty-stricken and famished
- pinched and dirt-poor
- pinched and famished
Cite this Source
Famished and Dirt-poor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dirt-poor/famished
Dirt-poor & Famished. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dirt-poor/famished>.
Famished or Dirt-poor. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dirt-poor/famished.
