poverty-stricken

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