in poor circumstances
1poor circumstances — index indigence, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic …
3poor´ness — poor «pur», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having few things or nothing; lacking money or property; needy: »The children were so poor that they had no shoes. The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb (II Samuel 12:3). 2. not good in quality;… …
4poor — adj 1 Poor, indigent, needy, destitute, penniless, impecunious, poverty stricken, necessitous are comparable when they mean having less money or fewer possessions than are required to support a full life. Poor describes a person, a people, or an… …
5poor relation — noun Etymology: poor (I) : one that is regarded as holding a subordinate or inferior position modern dance … is the poor relation among the theater arts E.R.Bentley the humanities have become poor relations Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on… …
6poor — Synonyms and related words: DP, Lenten, Mickey Mouse, Spartan, abject, abominable, abstemious, against, amateurish, arrant, artless, ascetic, atrocious, attenuated, austere, awful, bad, badly off, bankrupt, bare handed, barren, base, beggared,… …
7circumstances — 01. Most people are in favor of abortion under certain [circumstances]. 02. Police are talking to a number of people in order to get more information about the [circumstances] in which the murder occurred. 03. We need to help poor people in… …
8poor — /pɔ / (say paw) adjective 1. having little or nothing in the way of wealth, goods, or means of subsistence. 2. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagrely supplied or endowed with resources or funds. 3. (of the circumstances, life, home, dress,… …
9poor-mouth — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌmau̇th, th verb Etymology: poor mouth, noun intransitive verb : to plead poverty as a defense or excuse usually poor mouths when it s his turn to contribute transitive verb : to speak disparagingly of * * * /poor mowth / …
10poor mouth — noun Midland : a profession or protestation of poverty often used with make when you ask him for a donation he makes a poor mouth * * * Informal. 1. a person who continually complains about a lack of money. 2. a plea or complaint of poverty,… …
