Necessitous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Needy; indigent.
  • adj. Compelling; urgent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.
  • adj. In need, lacking.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
  • adj. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pressed by poverty; unable to procure what is necessary for one's Station; needy.
  • To persons.
  • To circumstances.
  • Synonyms Needy, Necessitous (see needy), penniless, destitute, pinched, poor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. poor enough to need help from others
  • Equivalent
    poor   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    narrow    destitute    pinching    pinched    impoverished   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts