37
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
25
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
24
destitute(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
22
poor(noun, adjective, mean, flat, poor)
22
indigent(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
19
broke(noun, adjective, flat, poor, low)
19
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, sad)
17
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
15
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
13
penurious(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
12
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
12
hard up(expression, adjective, idiom, trouble, flat)
12
insolvent(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted)
9
distressed(adjective, poor, sad, unhappy, down)
9
strapped(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal)
8
down-and-out(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
8
skint(adjective, poor, bankrupt, destitute, impoverished)
8
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
7
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, sick)
7
beggarly(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
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