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- DictionaryPov·er·ty-strick·en/ˈpävərdēˌstrik(ə)n/
adjective
- 1. extremely poor: "thousands of poverty-stricken people"
The meaning of POVERTY-STRICKEN is very poor : destitute. How to use poverty-stricken in a sentence.
A poverty-stricken person or place is suffering from the effects of being extremely poor: Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless. There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. impoverished formal
A poverty-stricken person or place is suffering from the effects of being extremely poor: Some beggars are neither poverty-stricken nor homeless. There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. impoverished formal
extremely poor; with very little money. He came from a poverty-stricken family in turn of the century Brooklyn. Definition of poverty-stricken adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Poverty-stricken people or places are extremely poor. ...a teacher of poverty-stricken kids. The Pope is visiting some of the most poverty-stricken areas of the city.
Definitions of poverty-stricken. adjective. poor enough to need help from others. synonyms: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy. poor. having little money or few possessions.
POVERTY-STRICKEN meaning: A poverty-stricken area or person is very poor.. Learn more.
What does the adjective poverty-stricken mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective poverty-stricken . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
poverty–stricken. 1 ENTRIES FOUND: poverty–stricken (adjective) poverty–stricken / ˈ pɑːvɚtiˌstrɪkən/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of POVERTY–STRICKEN. : very poor. poverty-stricken neighborhoods/families.
adjective. Stricken with poverty; very poor. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty. Webster's New World. Synonyms: penniless. poor. broke. indigent. impoverished. destitute. needy. penurious. impecunious. beggarly. necessitous. down-and-out. strapped. Antonyms: rich. wealthy.
