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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

The common workman may occasionally and for a short period suffer privation and want, but that becomes the chronic condition of the poor graduate.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various

S: Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

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

It won't hurt Enna to be made to feel poor and dependent for a time; she needs the lesson; and her parents will not allow her to suffer privation of any sort.

From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Finley, Martha