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needy
adjective
(need-y)
poor enough to need help from others
Synonyms:
destitute
,
impoverished
,
indigent
,
necessitous
, poverty-stricken,
needy
adjective
(need-y)
demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
needy
noun
(need-y)
needy people collectively
Examples:
They try to help the needy.
Words Related to
needy
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destitute
,
indigent
,
impoverished
,
poor
,
necessitous
,
poverty-stricken
,
underprivileged
,
disadvantaged
,
vulnerable
,
poverty
,
fortunate
,
hardship
,
pauperized
,
helpless
,
dispossessed
,
deprived
,
desperate
,
needs
,
penurious
,
ailing
,
distressed
,
need
,
powerless
,
medically
,
depressed
,
needed
,
distress
,
dependent
,
horny
,
strapped
,
precarious
,
weak
,
demanding
,
difficult
,
necessary
,
difficulty
,
boring
,
hooked
,
hard-pressed
,
low-income
,
required
,
homeless
,
hungry
,
downtrodden
,
charitable
,
houseless
,
elderly
,
infirm
,
underserved
,
ungrateful
,
undeserving
,
wealthy
,
unemployed
,
fatherless
,
sick
,
penniless
,
underfed
,
shelterless
,
poorest
,
orphaned
,
malnourished
,
generous
,
kindhearted
,
disabled
,
deserving
,
beadhouse
,
orbate
,
poor box
,
benevolent
,
compassionate
,
salvation army
,
starvedly
,
street arab
,
selfless
,
bighearted
,
philanthropic
,
unhoused
,
undernourished
,
lorettine
,
underinsured
,
handicapped
,
displaced
,
public assistance
,
inaidable
,
malnourish
,
plenteous
,
affamish
,
subsidized
,
orphan
,
ungenitured
,
humanitarian
,
exsanguineous
,
nutritious
,
uninsured
,
resourceless
,
altruistic
,
compassionable
,
moneyless
,
oppressed
,
propertyless
,
needy
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