35
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
21
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
20
destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
19
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
19
indigent(adjective, weak, flat, poor, low)
19
poverty-stricken(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
18
poor(adjective, weak, flat, low, sad)
14
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
13
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
12
broke(verb, adjective, flat, poor, low)
12
insolvent(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
10
hard up(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
10
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
8
flat(adjective, poor, low, informal, exhausted)
8
pinched(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
7
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
7
down-and-out(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
7
straitened(adjective, poverty)
6
in want(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
6
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
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