Synonyms for Poverty

Scantiness
austerity dearth exiguity infrequency insufficiency	meanness parsimony paucity poverty rarity	scantiness scarcity slim pickings smallness sparsity	stringency thinness tightness

Predicament
affliction aggravation agony anguish annoyance bad news bind blight bore bother bummer clutch complication continuity crucible crunch devilment difficulties difficulty	dilemma disadvantage distress dogging downer embarrassment emergency exasperation exigency Gordian knot grief harassment hard life hardcase hardship headache heartbreak hell to pay hobble	hot water imbroglio insolvency irritation misery mix morass nuisance pain perplexity persecution pest pickle plight poverty predicament problem quagmire quandary	quicksand rigor scrape slough sorrow sticky wicket strait straits stress suffering swamp tight spot tight squeeze tribulation trouble unholy mess vexation vicissitude