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exigences

NOUN

difficulty; demand

Synonyms

WEAK

acuteness constraint contingency crisis criticalness crossroad demandingness dilemma distress duress emergency extremity fix hardship imperativeness jam juncture necessity need needfulness pass pickle pinch plight predicament pressingness pressure quandary requirement scrape stress turning point urgency vicissitude want wont zero hour

Antonyms

WEAK

ease easiness ordinariness

NOUN

demand

Synonyms

WEAK

demands exigencies exigency necessity need needs requirement requirements want

NOUN

crisis

Synonyms

WEAK

circumstance climacteric crossroad difficulty dilemma emergency exigency fix hardship head juncture pickle pinch predicament quandary turning point urgency zero hour

Example Sentences

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I entreat you will never suffer Mr. Wood to be a judge of your exigences.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan

To obviate future exigences, Constantia betook herself once more to the needle.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

The knowledge of which I have spoken is valuable in the ordinary course of public business, and absolutely essential in the exigences of political and national life.

From Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions by Boutwell, George S.

Similar historical relations and similar national exigences of the time bind us to Italy.

From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley

Although we had been for many years on the verge of war, we had done comparatively nothing to meet its exigences, but stood and stupidly gazed into its fearful abyss.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler