stony-broke
Without a penny
Stony-broke means completely without money, utterly penniless.
The expression is British and somewhat old-fashioned, more emphatic than simply broke: I can't lend you anything—I'm stony-broke myself.
Also spelled stone-broke, especially in American English.
Completely without money
- skintHaving no money
- cashlessNot using physical money
- moneylessHaving no wealth
- impecuniousHabitually without money
penurious · indigent · destitute · impoverished · needy · pauperized · beggarly · strapped
Unable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
default · foreclosure · overdrawn · debts · creditors · arrears · repossession · receivership
Labored effort against resistance
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- privationLack of necessities
adversity · difficulty · want · neediness · destitution · penury · indigence · dispossessed
penniless
Completely without money
impecunious · penurious · indigent · destitute · impoverished · needy · pauperized · beggarly · strapped · cash-strapped
bankrupt
Unable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
liquidation · default · foreclosure · overdrawn · debts · creditors · arrears · repossession · receivership · deficit
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
privation · adversity · difficulty · want · neediness · destitution · penury · indigence · dispossessed · deprived
stony-brokewealthy
Having abundant financial resources
rich · affluent · loaded · rolling in it · filthy rich
stony, stone, stones, stoned, stonework, stonewalled, stonily, stoniness, broke