Synonyms of hardscrabble

hardscrabble

adjective

as in desolate

producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation

it was hard to eke out even a bare existence on the hardscrabble lands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• desolate
• impoverished
• barren
• bleak
• poor
• waste
• bony
• unfertile
• stark
• desert
• unproductive
• infertile
• dry
• inhospitable
• boney
• dead
• lifeless
• sunbaked
• exhausted
• arid
• thirsty
• spent
• drained
• depleted
• reduced
• droughty
• uncultivable
• waterless
• diminished
• enfeebled
• dried-up
• debilitated
• consumed
• rainless
• expended
• bankrupted
• sere
• parched
• sear
• used up
• baked
• untillable
• lessened
• dehydrated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fertile
• rich
• productive
• lush
• luxuriant
• fruitful
• arable
• green
• verdant
• tillable
• sylvan

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• fertile
• rich
• productive
• lush
• luxuriant
• fruitful
• arable
• green
• verdant
• tillable
• sylvan

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