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difficulty; demand n.
demand n.
crisis n.

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

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exigences

The first impulse was to fly from the scene; but I could not be long insensible to the exigences of the moment.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown

These exigences led to strenuous scenes in the Assembly, and the succession of Regents became still more rapid.

From South America by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel

This may be fully allowed, yet it does not meet the exigences of the case.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse

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

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

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 George S. Boutwell