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What is the opposite of well-off?

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Opposite of rich, affluent, or financially prosperous

Opposite of having wealth, especially newly acquired wealth

Opposite of favored by luck and good fortune

Adjective

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Opposite of rich, affluent, or financially prosperous

without two pennies to rub together

in straitened circumstances

in reduced circumstances

stone broke

in Queer Street

unable to make ends meet

as poor as a church mouse

without a brass farthing

without a red cent

hard-pressed

without two farthings to rub together

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

extremely poor

in financial difficulties

stony-broke

short of cash

without a shot in one's locker

without means of support

very poor

not having two pennies to rub together

on one's beam-ends

not having two farthings to rub together

poor as a church mouse

up against it

without two brass farthings to rub together

without two pennies farthings to rub together

on one's beam ends

on skid row

without a penny to one's name

meager^US

meagre^UK

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Adjective

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Opposite of having wealth, especially newly acquired wealth

nouveau pauvre

Adjective

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Opposite of favored by luck and good fortune

traumatised^UK

traumatized^US

agonised^UK

agonized^US

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

like a chicken with its head cut off

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“I am a luckless man, having lived through a great many tragedies in my lifetime.”

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What is the opposite of well-off?

Need antonyms for well-off? Here's a list of opposite words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

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