| 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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