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poverty-stricken

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Very poor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The small village was poverty-stricken, with many families struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 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, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, indigent, insolvent, lower-class, moneyless, necessitous, needy, oofless, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, pok kai, poor, 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

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

poor enough to need help from others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧困 /贫困 (pínkùn) — very poor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧窮 /贫穷 (pínqióng) — very poor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 窘促 (jiǒngcù) — very poor
  • Finnish: rutiköyhä — very poor
  • French: miséreux — very poor
  • Irish: ocrach — very poor
  • Māori: pākorehā — very poor
  • Māori: tuakoka — very poor
  • Māori: pakukore — very poor
  • Spanish: paupérrimo — very poor
  • Spanish: pauperizado — very poor
  • Spanish: desposeído — very poor
  • Spanish: carenciado — very poor
  • Spanish: indigente — very poor
  • Ukrainian: нужде́нний (nuždénnyj) — very poor
  • Ukrainian: злиде́нний (zlydénnyj) — very poor