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  1. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › poverty-strickenpoverty-stricken adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation...

    Definition of poverty-stricken adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPOVERTY-STRICKEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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

  3. www.oed.com › dictionary › poverty-stricken_adjpoverty-stricken adjective - Oxford English Dictionary

    What does the adjective poverty-stricken mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective poverty-stricken . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › poverty-strickenPoverty-stricken Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of POVERTY-STRICKEN is very poor : destitute. How to use poverty-stricken in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDefinition of 'poverty-stricken' - Collins Online Dictionary

    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.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › poverty strickenPOVERTY-STRICKEN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Poverty-stricken definition: suffering from poverty; extremely poor. See examples of POVERTY-STRICKEN used in a sentence.

  7. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › poverty-strickenpoverty-stricken | meaning of poverty-stricken in Longman...

    poverty-stricken meaning, definition, what is poverty-stricken: extremely poor: Learn more.