HARDSCRABBLE meaning: Struggling; marked by poverty, barrenness

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word hardscrabble:

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hardscrabble: Merriam-Webster
hardscrabble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hardscrabble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hardscrabble: Collins English Dictionary
hardscrabble: Vocabulary.com
Hardscrabble, hardscrabble: Wordnik
hardscrabble: Wiktionary
hardscrabble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hardscrabble: Infoplease Dictionary
hardscrabble: Dictionary.com
Hardscrabble: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
hardscrabble: Rhymezone
hardscrabble: FreeDictionary.org
hardscrabble: Mnemonic Dictionary
hardscrabble: TheFreeDictionary.com
hardscrabble: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
hardscrabble: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

hardscrabble: A Word A Day
hardscrabble: Wordcraft Dictionary

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hardscrabble: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective: (Canada, US, of land) Requiring much work to farm, and ultimately not very productive.
▸ adjective: (Canada, US, by extension) Involving hard work and struggle.

Opposite:

affluent, prosperous, comfortable, privileged

Types:

poor, impoverished, destitute, dirt poor, penniless, broke, indigent, more...

Colors:

rust, ochre, sepia, umber, sienna, more...

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