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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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His "Magnalia" was printed in England, and the exigences and vicissitudes of publication at that time are fully told in his diary; also the exalted and idealized view which he took of authorship.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

Like the steward in the parable, “they cannot dig, to beg they are ashamed;” and like him, they too often resort to unworthy means to supply their exigences.

From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Marryat, Frederick

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

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

Miss Lillah McCarthy sacrificed something of her personality to the exigences of a flaxen chevelure.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

The blooming-season, according to the exigences of weather, begins from May 20 to June 10 in Indiana, and lasts about a week.

From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various