48
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
22
poor(adjective, flat, low, rich, exhausted)
18
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
17
destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, down)
16
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
15
broke(verb, adjective, flat, poor, low)
15
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
15
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
15
poverty-stricken(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
14
hard up(verb, expression, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb)
12
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
11
insolvent(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
11
pinched(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
10
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
8
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
7
distressed(poor, destitute, broke, needy, penurious)
7
short(adjective, poor, lacking, wanting, destitute)
7
skint(adjective, poor, wanting, destitute, impoverished)
7
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
6
badly off(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, poor)
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