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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

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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

Another is reared in poverty and has to toil and suffer privation.

From Making the Most of Life by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

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

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 Müller, George

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