Thesaurus / penniless
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When she died, the girls were passed on to that woman’s heirs, who mishandled their careers and left them nearly penniless.
THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021TERRI SCHLICHENMEYERDECEMBER 31, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEPride forbade him to confess himself a homeless, penniless vagabond.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKENow men laughed at him, pointed to him with their fingers, and made their children mock and hoot the penniless insolvent.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSShortly after leaving his Quebrada-honda mountains of gold and silver, he was penniless at Carthagena.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKPractically penniless and absolutely disillusioned, the amazing man was radiantly happy.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEIt is she whom I followed afoot, penniless and wanting bread, until I fell exhausted on the highway and racked with pain.
BALSAMO, THE MAGICIANALEXANDER DUMAS"I hold Bezenecq the Rich incapable of leaving his daughter thus penniless," retorted the bailiff.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEThen, penniless, he would have to face Mona again; and what would come of that he could not see, would not try to see.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERNoah had brought up in his family from their early childhood the children of a brother who died penniless in Vermont.
A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEENOLIVER OPTICShe was very ill and penniless; yet the poor about her were devoted to her and considered her most remarkable.
THE LEAVEN IN A GREAT CITYLILLIAN WILLIAM BETTSWORDS RELATED TO PENNILESS
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the 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
- on one's uppers
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
- bad off
- bankrupt
- beggared
- beggarly
- behind the 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
- necessitous
- needy
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- pinched
- poverty-stricken
- reduced
- scanty
- stone broke
- strapped
- suffering
- truly needy
- underprivileged
- unprosperous
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