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

It is true for the time being I have nothing left for myself, but it is better that the servant should suffer privation than his lord.

From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

He replied that if the old fellow was so unfortunate as to have a bad temper as well as his physical infirmities that was no reason why he should be allowed to suffer privation.

From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay)

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

suffer privation

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