hardship
Americannoun
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a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression.
a life of hardship.
- Synonyms:
- misfortune, suffering, affliction, trouble
- Antonyms:
- ease
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an instance or cause of this; something hard to bear, as a deprivation, lack of comfort, or constant toil or danger.
They faced bravely the many hardships of frontier life.
noun
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conditions of life difficult to endure
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something that causes suffering or privation
Related Words
Hardship, privation, austerity refer to a condition hard to endure. Hardship applies to a circumstance in which excessive and painful effort of some kind is required, as enduring acute discomfort from cold, or battling over rough terrain. Privation has particular reference to lack of food, clothing, and other necessities or comforts. Austerity not only includes the ideas of privation and hardship but also implies deliberate control of emotional reactions to these.
Etymology
Origin of hardship
Example Sentences
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In an exclusive interview after her separation, Murdoch-Mann told Australian Women's Weekly "I think there's going to be a lot of heartbreak and hardship" over the succession for Murdoch's media empire.
From BBC
She said that families of pupils are facing "massive" challenges, like "navigating childcare, access to health services, financial hardship".
From BBC
Experts say that the economic hardship caused by the war combined with a lack of enforcement has encouraged logging.
From Barron's
Born at home and raised in a mixed Hindu-Muslim neighbourhood shaped by quiet hardship, Dipu was, by all accounts, a private man with few friends.
From BBC
Economic hardship has pushed millions of Nepalis to work abroad, with 7.5 percent of the population living overseas, according to the latest census.
From Barron's
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