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straits

NOUN

dire straits

Synonyms

WEAK

desperate straits difficulties hardship hock

NOUN

distress

Synonyms

STRONG

bummer calamity catastrophe crunch destitution difficulty disaster downer drag exigency indigence jam misfortune need pickle pinch poverty privation rigor scrape throe trial trouble vicissitude want

WEAK

bad luck can of worms hard knocks hard time holy mess hot water rotten luck ticklish spot tough break tough luck unholy mess

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance advantage benefit blessing boon comfort contentment ease fortune good fortune good luck happiness luxury miracle peace pleasure plenty success wealth wonder

WEAK

health

NOUN

impecuniosity

Synonyms

WEAK

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessitousness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment vacancy want

NOUN

impecuniousness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

impoverishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depletion famine hardship insolvency privation scarcity starvation underdevelopment

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity impecuniousness inadequacy indigence insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness reduction shortage vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence comfort enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty satisfaction sufficiency wealth

NOUN

neediness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

pennilessness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

penuriousness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

plight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

condition predicament quandary trouble

STRONG

circumstances corner extremity fix hole impasse jam perplexity pickle pinch scrape spot state

WEAK

bad news double trouble tight situation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage solution

STRONG

benefit boon good fortune

WEAK

blessing

NOUN

poverty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bankruptcy debt deficit difficulty famine hardship lack scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment

STRONG

abjection aridity barrenness beggary dearth deficiency depletion destitution distress emptiness exiguity impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency meagerness necessity pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction vacancy

WEAK

necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance ease enough excess plenty profit surplus

STRONG

adequacy advantage affluence fill sufficiency wealth

WEAK

luxury richness

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Investors had been fleeing BuzzFeed’s stock as the once-popular media outlet found itself in deeper financial straits.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

The airlines emphasized Spirit’s dire financial straits, but the judge found that that distress didn’t meet a rigorous “failing firm” threshold that would’ve triggered friendlier antitrust treatment.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

The controller has a bully pulpit to vent about the city’s dire financial straits, as well as auditing powers to unearth where the city might be overspending, but does not actually manage the budget.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The reference to "straits" was to the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic shipping route off Iran's coast that Tehran has all but closed.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The entrance to the straits was still a quarter mile ahead.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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