dirt-poor
Without a cent
Dirt-poor means extremely poor, destitute to the point of having almost nothing.
The compound intensifies poverty by associating it with dirt—the cheapest, most common substance: He grew up dirt-poor in rural Mississippi.
The term emphasizes grinding, persistent poverty rather than temporary hardship.
Utterly without means
- pennilessCompletely without money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- needyWanting in essentials
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
beggarly · pauperized · down-and-out · hand-to-mouth · strapped · hard-up · underprivileged · dispossessed
Agricultural terrain
- sharecropperFarmer paying rent in crops
- dustbowlDrought-stricken eroded region
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
- hollerLoud vocal outburst
shack · cabin · homestead · country · rustic · hardscrabble · ramshackle · shanty
destitute
Utterly without means
- pennilessCompletely without money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- needyWanting in essentials
penurious · beggarly · pauperized · down-and-out · hand-to-mouth · strapped · hard-up · underprivileged · dispossessed · homeless
farmland
Agricultural terrain
- sharecropperFarmer paying rent in crops
- dustbowlDrought-stricken eroded region
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
holler · shack · cabin · homestead · country · rustic · hardscrabble · ramshackle · shanty · outhouse
dirt-poorfilthy rich
Extremely, offensively wealthy
wealthy · rich · stinking rich · affluent · loaded
dirt-poorfilthy rich
Extremely, offensively wealthy
stinking rich · loaded · rolling in it · rolling in dough · made of money
poor, dirty, dirt, dirtied, dirtiness, dirtying, dirts, impoverished, dirtily