| Main Entry: | hard up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in trouble |
Synonyms: |
destitute, impoverished, poor, poverty-stricken |
| Main Entry: | desperate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless |
Synonyms: |
at end of one's rope, back to the wall, can't win, dead duck, despairing, despondent, desponding, downcast, forlorn, futile, gone*, goner, hard up, in the soup, in the toilet, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no-chance, no-way, no-win, running out of time, sad, sunk, up against it, up the creek, useless, vain, wretched |
Antonyms: |
hopeful |
| Main Entry: | horny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused |
Synonyms: |
concupiscent, desiring, hard up, hot to trot, hot*, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, oversexed, passionate, randy, turned on |
| Main Entry: | indigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
Synonyms: |
beggared, busted, destitute, down and out, flat broke, hard up, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
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, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, wealthy |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | underprivileged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
Synonyms: |
badly off, depressed, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, handicapped, hapless, hard up, have-not, ill-fated, ill-starred, impoverished, in dire straits, in need, in want, indigent, needy, unfortunate, unlucky |
Antonyms: |
privileged, rich, wealthy |
| 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 |