Meanings
adjectivepoverty-stricken (comparative more poverty-stricken, superlative most poverty-stricken)
comparative more poverty-stricken · superlative most poverty-stricken
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery poor.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepoor enough to need help from others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 貧困 /贫困, 貧窮 /贫穷
- 貧困 /贫困 (pínkùn)very poor
- 貧窮 /贫穷 (pínqióng)very poor
- 窘促 (jiǒngcù)very poor
Finnish rutiköyhä
- rutiköyhävery poor
French miséreux
- miséreuxvery poor
Irish ocrach
- ocrachvery poor
Māori pākorehā, tuakoka
- pākorehāvery poor
- tuakokavery poor
- pakukorevery poor
Spanish paupérrimo, pauperizado
- paupérrimovery poor
- pauperizadovery poor
- desposeídovery poor
- carenciadovery poor
- indigentevery poor
Ukrainian нужде́нний, злиде́нний
- нужде́нний (nuždénnyj)very poor
- злиде́нний (zlydénnyj)very poor
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APA
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“poverty-stricken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poverty-stricken. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poverty-stricken,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poverty-stricken.
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