27 entries under penurious topic. ×

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poor(noun, adjective, mean, lower, obscure)
9
destitute(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
9
indigent(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
9
penniless(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
8
deprived(noun, adjective, poor, rich, impoverished)
8
impoverished(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich)
8
needy(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
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broke(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
7
insolvent(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
6
distressed(poor, needy, deprived, indigent)
6
impecunious(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
6
necessitous(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
4
in need(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
4
poverty-stricken(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
3
bankrupt(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
3
hard up(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
beggared(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
reduced(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
unprosperous(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
1
dead broke(expression, adjective, destitute, impoverished, deprived)
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