straitened+circumstances
11straitened — strait|ened [ streıtnd ] adjective FORMAL made difficult by financial problems: straitened circumstances …
12straitened — UK [ˈstreɪt(ə)nd] / US adjective formal made difficult by financial problems straitened circumstances …
13in straitened circumstances — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑hard up, ↑impecunious, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
14Straitened — Straiten Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.… …
15in reduced circumstances — Quinlan was shocked to find his brother in reduced circumstances Syn: impoverished, broke, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupted; poor, indigent, impecunious, in penury, poverty stricken, destitute; needy, badly off, hard up; informal… …
16in reduced circumstances — IMPOVERISHED, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupted; poor, indigent, impecunious, in penury, poverty stricken, destitute; needy, badly off, hard up; i …
17circumstance — noun 1 (usually circumstances) facts/events that affect sth ADJECTIVE ▪ favourable/favorable ▪ The plan might work better with more favourable/favorable circumstances. ▪ adverse, difficult, dire, tra …
18poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic …
19badly off — Synonyms and related words: depressed, dire, distressed, donsie, doomful, down to bedrock, embarrassed, evil starred, fatal, feeling the pinch, fortuneless, funest, hapless, hard up, ill off, ill starred, impecunious, in Queer Street, in adverse… …
20embarrassed — Synonyms and related words: abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, agitated, annoyed, anxious, ashamed, astray, at sea, badly off, balled up, beset, bewildered, blushful, blushing, bothered, broke, burdened with debt, cast down, chagrined, chaotic,… …
