poverty-stricken
bankrupt, beggared, broke (informal) destitute, dirt-poor (informal) distressed, down and out, down at heel, flat broke (informal) impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in queer street, needy, on one's beam-ends, on one's uppers, on the breadline, penniless, penurious, poor, short, skint (Brit. slang) stony-broke (Brit. slang) without two pennies to rub together (informal)