English dictionary

hardship

/'h/A/rd/S//I/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a state of misfortune or affliction

noun.state

Examples
A life of hardship.

Synonyms adversity hard knocks

Source: WordNet 3.0
something hard to endure

noun.attribute

Synonyms asperity grimness rigor rigorousness rigour rigourousness severeness severity

Source: WordNet 3.0
something that causes or entails suffering

noun.event

Examples
I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women.

The many hardships of frontier life.

Source: WordNet 3.0
That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

noun

Source: webster1913