very poor
● Poor
● Strapped
● Needy
● Distressed
● Impoverished
● Destitute
● Indigent
● Bad off
● Bankrupt
● Beggarly
● Broke
● Down-and-out
● Hard up
● Penniless
● Penurious
● Short
● Stranded
● Suffering
● Wanting
● Necessitous
● Needful
● Beggared
● Dirt poor
● Down and out
● Impencunious
● In dire circumstances
● In great need; financially poor
● In want
● Miserably poor
● Moneyless
● Stone broke
● Happy
● Rich
● Affluent
● Lucky
● Wealthy
● Unmoneyed
● Able
● Ablest
● Articulate
● Celibate
● Competent
● Estimable
● Gifted
● Impecunious
● Inattentive
● Industrious
● Learned
● Leisured
● Meritorious
● Minded
● Proficient
● Respecting
● Seafaring