
Meaning of POVERTY-STRICKEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'pâvurtee'strikun
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[adj] poor enough to need help from others |
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POVERTY-STRICKEN is a 16 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poor |
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| | Related Terms: | | beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, deprived, disadvantaged, fleeced, ghettoized, impoverished, in need, in rags, in want, indigent, mendicant, necessitous, needy, on relief, out at elbows, pauperized, starveling, stripped, underprivileged |
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