Phrase guide
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adj
Penetrating and relatable, to the point of causing discomfort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
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Synonyms: too close for comfort
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Destitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: poor, hard up, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down and out, down at heel, down on one's luck, down on one's uppers, empty-handed, farthingless, feeling the pinch, flat, goodless, groatless, impecunious, impoverished, in need, indigent, insolvent, lower-class, moneyless, necessitous, needy, oofless, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, pok kai, poor as a church mouse, poor as a rat, poor as Job, possessionless, poverty-ridden, poverty-stricken, shillingless, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke, strapped, stuck, threadbare, unwealthy, wealthless
Antonyms: none provided
History
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