HARDSHIP

• (noun) something hard to endure

  "the asperity of northern winters"

  synonyms : asperity , grimness , rigor , rigorousness , rigour , rigourousness , severeness , severity

  People living in Iceland are accustomed to the asperity of the winter there. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) something that causes or entails suffering

  "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women", "the many hardships of frontier life"

• (noun) a state of misfortune or affliction

  "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity", "a life of hardship"

  synonyms : adversity , hard knocks

  The debt-ridden farmers were struggling with adversity. -added by naila_inlas

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