hardship (redirected from hardships)

hard·ship  (härdshp)

n.

1. Extreme privation; suffering.

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

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hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp]

n

1. conditions of life difficult to endure

2. something that causes suffering or privation

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 Many people are suffering economic hardship.
help, aid, relief, ease, comfort, blessing, happiness, prosperity, boon, good fortune

Translations

hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp]

A. N (= deprivation) → privación f; (financial) → apuro m; (= condition of life) → miseria f
to suffer hardship(s) → pasar apuros
it's no hardship to him (to give up the car) → no le cuesta nada(dejar de usar el coche)

B. CPD hardship clause N (Jur) → cláusula f de salvaguarda

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hardship [ˈhɑː^rdʃɪp] n → épreuves fpl, privations fpl
the hardship experienced by many who are out of work → les épreuves qu'endurent beaucoup de gens sans emploi, les privations qu'endurent beaucoup de gens sans emploi
economic hardship (for country) → difficultés mpl économiques; (for person) → problèmes mpl d'argent
to suffer hardship → traverser des épreuves
Many people are suffering economic hardship → Beaucoup de gens ont des difficultés financières.
it's no hardship to do sth → ce n'est pas la mer à boire de faire qch
hard shoulder n (British) → bande f d'arrêt d'urgence
hard up hard-up adj (= not well-off) → sans le sou, fauché(e) >

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hardship

n (= condition) → Not f, → Elend nt; (= instance) → Härte f; (= deprivation) → Entbehrung f; economic/financial hardship → wirtschaftliche/finanzielle Not; to suffer great hardships → große Not leiden; the hardships of war → das Elend/die Entbehrungen des Kriegs; is that such a great hardship? → ist das wirklich ein solches Unglück?; it was no hardship at all → es hat überhaupt keine Mühe gemacht; if it’s not too much (of a) hardship for you … (also iro) → wenn es dir nichts ausmacht or nicht zu viel Mühe macht …; the hardship(s) of life in the country → die Entbehrungen pl → des Landlebens

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hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] n → privazioni fpl, avversità f inv; (suffering) → sofferenze fpl
a life of hardship → una vita di sacrifici e privazioni

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hardship [ˈhɑːdʃɪp] n → privazioni fpl, avversità f inv; (suffering) → sofferenze fpl
a life of hardship → una vita di sacrifici e privazioni

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hardship, hardware hard