Found 2 items, similar to necessitous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: necessitous necessitous adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poverty-stricken]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Necessitous Necessitous \Ne*ces"si*tous\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]cessiteux.] 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. [1913 Webster] Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. [1913 Webster] -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]