| Main Entry: |
necessitous
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
poor |
| Synonyms: |
bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball,
broke*,
destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke,
flat*, fortuneless, hard up,
impecunious,
impoverished, in need, in want,
indigent, insolvent,
low,
meager, moneyless,
needy, on one's uppers, pauperized, penniless,
penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken,
reduced*,
scanty*, stone broke, strapped,
suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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