Synonyms of out at elbows

out at elbows

phrase

variants or out at the elbows

1

as in ragged

wearing torn or worn-out clothes

He was a bit out at elbows until the church took him in.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ragged
• tatterdemalion
• ragtag
• raggedy
• tattered
• shabby
• scruffy
• threadbare
• down-at-the-heel
• down-at-heels
• scroungy
• down-at-the-heels
• down-at-heel
• bedraggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decked (out)
• dressed up
• dolled up
• spiffy

2

as in poor

lacking money or material possessions

The family was out at the elbows, yet did what they could to help others.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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