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suffer privation

VERB

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand desire lack require

STRONG

claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn

WEAK

be deficient be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be inadequate be needy be poor be short be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion for have occasion to have use for hurt for yen for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

have not want

STRONG

abjure despise dislike give hate

WEAK

do not want

Example Sentences

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It is certain that at no time . . . will my mother suffer privation.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this war it is trifling ... if one folk must suffer privation in this or that way.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Lord helping us, we would rather suffer privation, than contract debts.

From A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part by Müller, George

The people were bitterly ground down, and they are content to suffer privation in the present so long as they can ensure freedom from alien rule in the future.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

S: Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

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