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in the gutter

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debauched adj.
down-and-out adj.
gross adj.
penniless adj.
have-not n.
pauper n.

ADJECTIVE

debauched

Synonyms

STRONG

abandoned corrupt debased defiled degenerate degraded depraved deteriorated dissipated drunk fast perverted reprobate vitiate vitiated wanton

WEAK

dissolute gone bad gone to the dogs immoral licentious profligate wicked

Antonyms

STRONG

clean decent good honorable kind moral noble pure purified uncorrupt upright virtuous

WEAK

cleansed improved unpolluted

ADJECTIVE

down-and-out

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt defeated derelict insolvent needy outcast vagabond vagrant

WEAK

beaten beggared broke broken destitute finished impoverished in the poorhouse in the red moneyless on the skids out of funds penniless poverty-stricken ruined

Antonyms

STRONG

rich solvent wealthy

WEAK

well-to-do

ADJECTIVE

gross

Synonyms

STRONG

barnyard callous foul low offensive rank raw ribald rough

WEAK

boorish carnal cheap coarse corporeal crass fleshly ignorant improper impure indecent indelicate inelegant insensitive lewd loudmouthed low-minded lustful obscene raunchy rude scatological sensual sleazy smutty swinish tasteless ugly uncouth uncultured undiscriminating unfeeling unrefined unseemly unsophisticated

Antonyms

STRONG

clean decent good honest kind nice pleasing polite sensitive sophisticated

ADJECTIVE

penniless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bankrupt broke destitute impoverished indigent needy

WEAK

clean cleaned out dead broke dirt poor down to last penny flat flat broke impecunious lacking moneyless necessitous on last leg over a barrel penurious poor poverty-stricken ruined strapped tapped out without a dime

Antonyms

STRONGEST

affluent rich solvent wealthy

NOUN

have-not

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt beggar bum dependent down-and-out insolvent lazarus mendicant supplicant

WEAK

almsperson destitute down-and-outer homeless person indigent poor person unhoused person

NOUN

pauper

Synonyms

STRONG

bankrupt beggar bum dependent down-and-out have-not insolvent lazarus mendicant

WEAK

almsperson destitute homeless person indigent poor person supplicant unhoused person

Antonyms

WEAK

rich wealthy

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in the gutter

One might say “Beef” is in the gutter but looking at the stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.

From Barron's ● Apr. 6, 2026

He made a big wager on natural gas when prices were in the gutter, and he has funded Comstock’s exploration at a time when its rivals are sticking with Wall Street’s strict capital edicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

One of the guys in the unit, raw, green, just lost it, crying, screaming—threw his M60 in the gutter and ran straight in the front door of a Whole Foods.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025

Will dropped to his knees in the gutter, winded badly, but he couldn’t stay there.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

in the gutter

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