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hardscrabble definition
hardscrabble |
Overview of adj hardscrabble The adj hardscrabble has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. hardscrabble, poor -- (yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil") 2. hardscrabble, marginal -- (of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence") Antonyms of adj hardscrabble 2 senses of hardscrabble Sense 1 hardscrabble, poor INDIRECT (VIA unfruitful) -> fruitful Sense 2 hardscrabble, marginal INDIRECT (VIA meager) -> ample Similarity of adj hardscrabble 2 senses of hardscrabble Sense 1 hardscrabble, poor => unfruitful (vs. fruitful) Sense 2 hardscrabble, marginal => meager (vs. ample), meagre, meagerly Attributes of adj hardscrabble Familiarity of adj hardscrabble hardscrabble used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj hardscrabble hardscrabble Overview of adj hardscrabble The adj hardscrabble has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. hardscrabble, poor -- (yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor soil") 2. hardscrabble, marginal -- (of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence")
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