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Main Entry:	broke [brohk] Show IPA/broʊk/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	without money
Synonyms:	bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out
Antonyms:	affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy

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Main Entry:	poverty-stricken
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very poor
Synonyms:	bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke, broke, destitute, dirt poor, distressed, down and out, down-and-out, hard up, impencunious, impoverished, in dire circumstances, in great need; financially poor, in want, indigent, miserably poor, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, short, stone broke, stranded, strapped, strapped, suffering, unmoneyed, wanting
Antonyms:	rich, wealthy

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Main Entry:	necessitous
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

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	strapped
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	destitute
Synonyms:	beggared, broke, dirt poor, flat, fortuneless, impoverished, out of money, penniless, penurious, poor, stone-broke
Antonyms:	rich, wealthy

* = informal/non-formal usage
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