25
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
17
emaciated(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
16
gaunt(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
15
haggard(adjective, dull, beat, light, slight)
14
bony(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, scrawny)
13
cadaverous(adjective, light, slight, thin, delicate)
13
skeletal(adjective, light, slight, thin, delicate)
13
wasted(adjective, light, slight, thin, delicate)
12
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
12
thin(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
11
hard up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, difficulty)
10
poor(adjective, flat, low, exhausted, meager)
9
skinny(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
8
drawn(adjective, beat, thin, useless, weary)
8
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
8
spare(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
7
in straitened circumstances(expression, adjective, idiom)
7
lean(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, scrawny)
7
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
7
starved(adjective, light, slight, thin, delicate)
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