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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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It therefore remained for Gage to do the shouting, which duty he performed with a vigour out of proportion to the apparent exigences of the case.

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

This exclusive maintenance, and yet extension of the Creed, according to the exigences of the times, is instanced in other Fathers.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Malagise deals in magic, and has a swarm of demons at his back for all exigences.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

How easy too to avoid this defect, by adapting the subjects of the dances to the different exigences of the different dramas, whether serious, comic, or farcical!

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

So that, not only the exigences of his occupation, but the importance of the day to a young man, and the spirit of the order, justify such a conclusion.

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort