hardship

hard·ship  (härdshp)

n.

1. Extreme privation; suffering.

2. A cause of privation or suffering. See Synonyms at difficulty.

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hardship

Noun

1. conditions of life that are difficult to endure

2. something that causes suffering

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" adversity, hard knocks ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes disaster, catastrophe - a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" extremity - an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity victimization - adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him" low-water mark, nadir - an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
	2.	hardship - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" asperity, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, rigour, grimness difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
	3.	hardship - something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life" misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

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hardship

noun suffering, want, need, trouble, trial, difficulty, burden, misery, torment, oppression, persecution, grievance, misfortune, austerity, adversity, calamity, affliction, tribulation, privation, destitution << OPPOSITE ease

Translations

hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] n (= troubles) → penas fpl;

(financial) → apuro

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hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] hard n (= difficulties) → épreuves fpl (= deprivation); privations fpl

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hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] hard n → Not f

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hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] n → avversità f inv; privazioni fpl