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- DictionaryHard·ship/ˈhärdˌSHip/
noun
- 1. severe suffering or privation: "intolerable levels of hardship"
a problem or situation that makes you suffer a lot, especially because you are very poor: They have suffered years of financial hardship. (Definition of hardship from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of hardship. in Chinese (Traditional) 艱苦，困難… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 艰苦，困难… See more.
Hardship Definition. Hard circumstances of life. The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering. A thing hard to bear; specific cause of discomfort or suffering, as poverty, pain, etc. The difficulty or distress resulting to an individual or entity from a court decision, zoning decision, or passage of a law; taken into ...
Britannica Dictionary definition of HARDSHIP. 1. [noncount] : pain and suffering. He had suffered through considerable/great hardship. The city has been experiencing a period of financial/economic hardship. 2. [count] : something that causes pain, suffering, or loss.
hardship. a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship. 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.
1. trouble, affliction, suffering, misfortune. 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.
1. : privation, suffering. 2. : something that causes or entails suffering or privation. Synonyms. adversity. asperity. difficulty. hardness. rigor. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of hardship in a Sentence. He had suffered through considerable hardship. The city has been experiencing a period of financial hardship.
pronunciation: hard shIp. features: Word Combinations ( noun) The meaning of hardship. Definition of hardship. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
