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English noun: hardship | |||
| 1. | hardship (state) a state of misfortune or affliction | ||
| Samples | Debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity. A life of hardship. | ||
| Synonyms | adversity, hard knocks | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affliction, catastrophe, disaster, distress, extremity, ill-being, low-water mark, nadir, victimization | ||
| 2. | hardship (attribute) something hard to endure | ||
| Samples | The asperity of northern winters. | ||
| Synonyms | asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficultness, difficulty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sternness | ||
| 3. | hardship (event) something that causes or entails suffering | ||
| Samples | I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women. The many hardships of frontier life. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bad luck, misfortune | ||
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