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hardship

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hard·ship  (härdshp)
n.
1. Extreme privation; suffering.
2. A cause of privation or suffering. See Synonyms at difficulty.

hardship
Noun
1. conditions of life that are difficult to endure
2. something that causes suffering
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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"
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

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

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

hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] hard nNot f

hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] navversità f inv; privazioni fpl

hardship, hardware hard


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I don't know about the white apron, but I dare say she will make pies and puddings now and then; but that will be no great hardship, as she has done it before.
Possessed myself of a strong stomach and a hard head, inured to hardship, cruelty, and brutality, nevertheless I found, as I came to manhood, that I unconsciously protected myself from the hurt of the trained-animal turn by getting up and leaving the theatre whenever such turns came on the stage.
Nor could the peculiar hardship of her situation, and the necessity of the case, at all reconcile her mind to her conduct; for the frame of her mind was too delicate to bear the thought of having been guilty of a falsehood, however qualified by circumstances.
 
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