Synonyms of dirt-poor

dirt-poor

adjective

ˈdərt-ˈpu̇r 

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

growing up dirt-poor in the rural South

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impoverished
• poor
• broke
• poverty-stricken
• beggared
• impecunious
• penniless
• bankrupt
• indigent
• needy
• pauperized
• down-and-out
• destitute
• deprived
• penurious
• famished
• necessitous
• beggarly
• depressed
• needful
• threadbare
• hard up
• out of pocket
• out at elbows
• skint
• bankrupted
• out at the elbows
• disadvantaged
• underprivileged
• distressed
• dispossessed
• down on one's luck
• hardscrabble
• ruined
• unaffluent
• poorish
• busted
• insolvent
• hand-to-mouth
• bust
• reduced
• cash-strapped
• short
• pinched
• straitened
• low
• possessionless
• tapped out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• well-to-do
• moneyed
• opulent
• monied
• fat
• flush
• well-off
• prosperous
• fat-cat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of dirt-poor

Shot in a single take, Night Shift tells the story of a desperate and dirt-poor Khun (played by Chatchai), who decides to pack things up to have a better life in the city. —Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024

When Nitish Kumar became chief minister of the dirt-poor Indian state of Bihar in 2005, kidnapping was said to be the leading industry in the capital city of Patna. —Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013

My mom grew up with very-not-amicably divorced parents, one of whom (her father) was well-off and the other (her mother, the primary parent) was dirt-poor. —R29 Team, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2024

Like their grandmother, the village girl from Italy’s dirt-poor south who morphed into a sophisticated Parisian muse, the siblings’ identities are hard to pin down. —Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024

However, through decades of hard work, focus and persistence, the dirt-poor farm laborer became a space traveler. —Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024