Synonyms of beggarly

beggarly

adjective

ˈbe-gər-lē 

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

the dictator and his inner circle lived in unconscionable luxury while the beggarly masses eked out a pitiful existence

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beggarly

The aerial railway carried its last rider in 1937, and the fare was a beggarly two Depression-era dollars. —Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2021