Meaning & Definition of Hardship in English
English⟶
Hardship
/hɑrdʃɪp/
noun
1. A state of misfortune or affliction
- "Debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"
- "A life of hardship"
synonym:
- adversity,
- hardship,
- hard knocks
2. Something hard to endure
- "The asperity of northern winters"
synonym:
- asperity,
- grimness,
- hardship,
- rigor,
- rigour,
- severity,
- severeness,
- rigorousness,
- rigourousness
3. 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"
synonym:
- hardship
Examples of using
In a world where political and cultural divisions still cause so much hardship, maybe it's actually time that we gave Esperanto a real shot.
You will have to go through hardship.