NOUN | state | hardship, adversity, hard knocks | a state of misfortune or affliction |
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attribute | hardship, asperity, grimness, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness | something hard to endure | |
event | hardship | something that causes or entails suffering |
Sounds | hhaa'rdshihp | |
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Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... |
Meaning | A state of misfortune or affliction. | |
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Example | "a life of hardship" | |
Synonyms | adversity, hard knocks | |
Narrower | affliction | A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
catastrophe, disaster | A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | |
distress | A state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | |
extremity | An extreme / extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) | |
ill-being | lack of prosperity or happiness or health | |
nadir, low-water mark | An extreme / extreme state of adversity | |
victimization | adversity resulting from being made a victim | |
Broader | misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes |
Spanish | adversidad | |
Catalan | adversitat |
Meaning | Something hard to endure. | |
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Synonyms | asperity, grimness, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness | |
Narrower | sternness | The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding / forbidding |
Broader | difficulty, difficultness | The quality of being difficult |
Spanish | adustez, rigor, rigurosidad, severidad | |
Catalan | adustesa, dificultats, rigor, severitat |
Meaning | Something that causes or entails suffering. | |
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Examples |
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Broader | misfortune, bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate / unfortunate event |
Spanish | afán, apuro, desgracia, dificultad, infortunio, molestia | |
Catalan | afany, desgràcia, dificultat, infortuni, molèstia, tràngol |
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