Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
Poorish and poverty-stricken are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poorish" instead an adjective phrase "Poverty-stricken".
Poorish
Poverty-stricken and poorish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Poorish".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and poverty-stricken
- poor and poorish
- penurious and poverty-stricken
- penurious and poorish
- indigent and poverty-stricken
- indigent and poorish
- beggarly and poverty-stricken
- beggarly and poorish
- impoverished and poverty-stricken
- impoverished and poorish
- destitute and poverty-stricken
- destitute and poorish
- penniless and poverty-stricken
- penniless and poorish
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Poorish and Poverty-stricken. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/poverty-stricken/poorish
Poverty-stricken & Poorish. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/poverty-stricken/poorish>.
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