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- Dictionarypoverty-stricken/ˈpɒvətɪˌstrɪk(ə)n/
adjective
- 1. extremely poor: "a poverty-stricken nation"
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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
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
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.
Definition of poverty-stricken adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
IPA guide. 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.
poverty-stricken meaning, definition, what is poverty-stricken: extremely poor: Learn more.
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. POVERTY–STRICKEN meaning: very poor.
The earliest known use of the adjective poverty-stricken is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for poverty-stricken is from around 1786, in Proceedings Meeting held Theatre in Calcutta . poverty-stricken is formed within English, by compounding.
