hardscrabble | Definition of hardscrabble

Synonyms and Antonyms of hardscrabble

producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation

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

Synonyms of hardscrabble

barren, bony (also boney), dead, desolate, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive, waste

Words Related to hardscrabble

bleak, inhospitable, lifeless

uncultivable, untillable

bankrupted, consumed, debilitated, depleted, diminished, drained, dried-up, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, lessened, reduced, spent, used up

arid, desert, droughty, dry, rainless, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless

baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked

Near Antonyms of hardscrabble

arable, tillable

green, sylvan, verdant

Antonyms of hardscrabble

fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich