| penniless(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| distressed(adjective, poor, short, sick, wanting) |
| hard up(expression, adjective, poor, distressed, destitute) |
| impecunious(poor, destitute, broke) |
| poor(adjective, sick, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| short(adjective, poor, distressed, wanting, destitute) |
| strapped(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| unprosperous(adjective, sick, tormenting, stricken, hospitalized) |
| bad off(expression, adjective, poor, distressed, destitute) |
| badly off |
| bankrupt(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| beggared(adjective, poor, short, sick, distressed) |
| beggarly(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| dirt poor(expression, adjective, poor, short, sick) |
| down-and-out(adjective, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished) |
| down and out(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, short) |
| embarrassed |
| ill off |
| impencunious(adjective, poor, short, sick, distressed) |
| in dire circumstances(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, short) |