Synonyms for scrape
- corner
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- distress
- embarrassment
- fix
- hole
- jam
- mess
- pickle
- plight
- predicament
- trouble
- awkward situation
- tight spot
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Antonyms for scrape
- advantage
- benefit
- blessing
- boon
- comfort
- contentment
- ease
- good fortune
- happiness
- miracle
- peace
- pleasure
- solution
- resolution
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WORD ORIGIN
early 13c., probably from Old Norse skrapa "to scrape, erase," from Proto-Germanic *skrapojan (cf. Old English scrapian "to scrape," Dutch schrapen, German schrappen), from PIE *skerb-, extension of root *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
Meaning "gather by great effort, collect with difficulty" is from 1540s. Related: Scraped; scraping. To scrape the bottom of the barrel in figurative sense is from 1942, in reference to U.S. employers facing worker shortages during the war.
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