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stone broke

[stohn-brohk] / ˈstoʊnˈbroʊk /
PHRASE
broke
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bankrupt destitute insolvent penniless
STRONG
beggared bust impoverished ruined strapped
WEAK
cleaned out dirt poor flat broke in Chapter 11 in debt indebted indigent needy penurious poor tapped out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
rich solvent wealthy
WEAK
affluent
PHRASE
necessitous
Synonyms
WEAK
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 strapped suffering truly needy underprivileged unprosperous
PHRASE
poor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
destitute impoverished indigent low meager needy penniless poverty-stricken underprivileged
STRONG
bankrupt down-and-out flat insolvent scanty suffering
WEAK
bad off beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke dirt poor empty-handed flat broke fortuneless hard up impecunious in need in want moneyless necessitous pauperized penurious pinched reduced strapped truly needy unprosperous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
affluent prosperous rich wealthy well-to-do
STRONG
comfortable fortunate solvent
PHRASE
poverty-stricken
Synonyms
STRONGEST
destitute distressed impoverished indigent needy poor strapped
WEAK
bad off bankrupt beggared beggarly broke dirt poor down-and-out hard up impencunious in dire circumstances in great need in want miserably poor moneyless necessitous needful penniless penurious short stranded suffering unmoneyed wanting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
affluent happy lucky rich wealthy
PHRASE
strapped
Synonyms
STRONGEST
impoverished
STRONG
beggared broke
WEAK
dirt poor flat fortuneless out of money penniless penurious poor
Antonyms
WEAK
rich wealthy

Example Sentences

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But the heroes of “The Beaux’ Stratagem” – two well-mannered but stone-broke gentlemen in search of marriageable heiresses – are far more respectful of the opposite sex than the love-‘em-and-leave-‘em 007 usually is.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2015

Betty had fetched up on the rectory doorstep last February, stone-broke and despondent about four divorces and a dead-end acting career.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a stone-broke Evans has lost her home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fifty pounds or a hundred pounds won't hurt me... and I've been stone-broke myself.

From In The Far North 1901 by Becke, Louis

Men may be hard up or even stone-broke; there are slums; there are hard-worked women; but there is no general fear of poverty.

From As We Are and As We May Be by Besant, Walter, Sir