Synonyms and related words :
badly off, destitute, distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch, hard up, ill off, in Queer Street, in narrow circumstances, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, land-poor, narrow, on the edge, out of pocket, pinched, poor, poorly off, poverty-stricken, reduced, short, short of cash, short of funds, short of money, squeezed, straitened, strapped, unmoneyed, unprosperous