Behind eight ball


Synonyms for behind eight ball
adj in a jam

out on a limb
in Dutch

in a pickle
in a tight spot

in hot water
on the hot seat

on the spot
up the creek

Synonyms
adj lacking sufficient money

underprivileged
poverty-stricken
needy
meager
penniless
low
impoverished
destitute
indigent
flat

down-and-out
bankrupt
scanty
suffering
insolvent
bad off
beggarly
broke
hard up
impecunious

penurious
reduced
strapped
necessitous
beggared
dirt poor
empty-handed
flat broke
fortuneless
in need

in want
moneyless
pauperized
pinched
stone broke
truly needy
unprosperous

Antonyms

wealthy
solvent
adequate
sufficient
fertile

potent
fortunate
lucky
rich
affluent

full
superior
strong
great
happy

Synonyms
adj unfortunate, doomed

miserable
hapless
tragic
unhappy
luckless
afflicted
black

calamitous
cursed
dire
disastrous
ill-fated
inauspicious
ominous

star-crossed
unfavorable
unsuccessful
untimely
untoward
cataclysmic
catastrophic

bad break
down on luck
hard luck
ill-starred
out of luck
tough luck

Antonyms

cheerful
fortunate

lucky
happy

Synonyms
adj poor

bad off
bankrupt
beggarly
broke
destitute
down-and-out
flat
hard up
impecunious
impoverished

indigent
insolvent
low
meager
needy
penniless
penurious
poverty-stricken
reduced
scanty

strapped
suffering
underprivileged
beggared
dirt poor
empty-handed
flat broke
fortuneless
in need
in want

moneyless
pauperized
pinched
stone broke
truly needy
unprosperous
on one’s uppers

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