needy
adjective
[ ˈniːdi ]
• (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor.
• "needy and elderly people"
Similar:
poor,
deprived,
disadvantaged,
underprivileged,
in want,
needful,
badly off,
hard up,
unable to make ends meet,
poverty-stricken,
indigent,
impoverished,
on one's beam-ends,
as poor as a church mouse,
dirt poor,
destitute,
penurious,
impecunious,
penniless,
moneyless,
on the breadline,
without a penny to one's name,
on one's uppers,
broke,
flat broke,
strapped for cash,
strapped,
cleaned out,
skint,
stony broke,
in Queer Street,
stone broke,
necessitous,
pauperized,
• (of a person) needing emotional support; insecure.
