Synonyms for on one's uppers
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind eight ball
- broke
- destitute
- dirt poor
- down-and-out
- empty-handed
- flat
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- in need
- in want
- indigent
- insolvent
- low
- meager
- moneyless
- needy
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
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