/ Dictionary / Index P poverty-stricken: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: pov•er•ty-strick•en Pronunciation: (pov'ur-tē-strik"un), [key] — adj. suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: poverty-stricken (Thesaurus) poverty line povidone-iodine Related Content Daily Word Quiz: simian Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language