| sorry(adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy, miserable) |
| spiritless(blue, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected) |
| stone broke(expression, adjective, poor, short, sick) |
| stranded(poor, short, distressed, wanting, destitute) |
| strapped(poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished, broke) |
| suffering(adjective, poor, sick, distressed, meager) |
| taken down(expression, sad, unhappy, pessimistic, cast-down) |
| tarred and feathered |
| teary(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, depressed) |
| tristful(adjective, sad, unhappy, raw, depressed) |
| troubled(adjective, sad, gloomy, miserable, depressed) |
| uncared for |
| unhoused |
| unmoneyed(adjective, poor, short, sick, distressed) |
| very poor(expression, poor, short, distressed, wanting) |
| wanting(poor, short, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| weeping(blue, sad, unhappy, miserable, despondent) |
| wet blanket(expression, adjective, sad, gloomy, melancholy) |
| wistful(adjective, dull, bad, low, sad) |
| without a roof |