56
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
50
poor(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
27
poverty-stricken(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
26
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
23
indigent(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
22
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
20
broke(noun, verb, adjective, flat, poor)
18
bankrupt(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
18
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, down)
13
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, down)
13
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, down)
13
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
12
hard up(verb, expression, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb)
12
insolvent(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
12
empty(adjective, clear, free, poor, full)
10
devoid(adjective, clear, free, full, inadequate)
9
deprived(adjective, clear, free, poor, short)
9
down-and-out(noun, adjective, moving, flat, poor)
9
lonely(adjective, single, solitary, alone, lone)
9
skint(adjective, poor, wanting, impoverished, broke)
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