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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rich
• wealthy
• affluent
• fat
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• opulent
• flush
• well-off
• prosperous
• comfortable
• fat-cat
• 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