poverty-stricken

English

Adjective

poverty-stricken (comparative more poverty-stricken, superlative most poverty-stricken)

1. Very poor.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impoverished

   The small village was poverty-stricken, with many families struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and water.

Translations

very poor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧困 / 贫困 (zh) (pínkùn), 貧窮 / 贫穷 (zh) (pínqióng), (literary) 窘促 (jiǒngcù)

• Finnish: rutiköyhä (fi)
• French: miséreux (fr)
• Irish: ocrach
• Maori: pākorehā, tuakoka, pakukore
• Spanish: paupérrimo (es) m, pauperizado (es) m, desposeído (es) m, carenciado m, indigente (es)
• Ukrainian: нужде́нний (nuždénnyj), злиде́нний (zlydénnyj)