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adjective

Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.

adj

Definition: deprived, impoverished
Antonyms: affluent, rich, wealthy

For a list of words related to needy, see:

• Economics and Economic Theory - needy: those living in poverty
• Social Types, Norms, and Symbols - needy: poor, destitute persons
• Weak, Fearful, or Anxious

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See words rhyming with "needy."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nødlidende, fattig

Nederlands (Dutch)
misdeelden, behoeftig, hulpbehoevend

Français (French)
adj. - nécessiteux, dans le dénuement, sans ressources
n. pl. - les indigents

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - die Notleidenden
adj. - bedürftig, arm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) άποροι
adj. - άπορος, αναγκεμένος

Italiano (Italian)
bisognosi, bisognoso

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - necessitados (m pl)
adj. - indigente

Русский (Russian)
беднота, бедный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - necesitados, pobre, indigente, necesitado, menesteroso
n. pl. - necesitados, menesterosos, pobres

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - nödlidande, fattiga
adj. - (hjälp)behövande, fattig, nödlidande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贫穷的, 生活艰苦的, 贫困的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 貧窮的, 生活艱苦的, 貧困的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매우 가난한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貧乏な, 困窮している

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) المحتاجون, الفقراء (صفه) محتاج, معوز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נצרך, מעוט-יכולת, עני‬

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