HARDSHIP as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • something hard to endure
   Synonym(s)
   • asperity (what does asperity mean?)
   • grimness (what does grimness mean?)
   • rigor (what does rigor mean?)
   • rigorousness (what does rigorousness mean?)
   • rigour (what does rigour mean?)
   • severity (what does severity mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the asperity of northern winters
   Hypernyms(s) hardship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • difficulty (what does difficulty mean?)
   • difficultness (what does difficultness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • something that causes or entails suffering
   Usage Example(s)
   • I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women- James Boswell
   • the many hardships of frontier life
   Hypernyms(s) hardship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misfortune (what does misfortune mean?)
   • bad luck (what does bad luck mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a state of misfortune or affliction
   Synonym(s)
   • adversity (what does adversity mean?)
   • hard knocks (what does hard knocks mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
   • a life of hardship
   Hypernyms(s) hardship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misfortune (what does misfortune mean?)
   • bad luck (what does bad luck mean?)
   • tough luck (what does tough luck mean?)
   • ill luck (what does ill luck mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ill-being (what does ill-being mean?)
   • catastrophe (what does catastrophe mean?)
   • disaster (what does disaster mean?)
   • extremity (what does extremity mean?)
   • distress (what does distress mean?)
   • affliction (what does affliction mean?)
   • victimization (what does victimization mean?)
   • nadir (what does nadir mean?)
   • low-water mark (what does low-water mark mean?)