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

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suffer privation

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

S: Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

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

Though they may suffer privation or loss they are glad that they can live on by the mercy of Buddha.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott

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 George Müller

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