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| 1. | [ noun ] something hard to endure | |
| Synonyms: | rigor grimness rigour severity rigorousness asperity | |
| Examples: | "the asperity of northern winters" |
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| Related terms: | difficulty | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a state of misfortune or affliction | |
| Synonyms: | adversity hard_knocks | |
| Examples: | : "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity" "a life of hardship" |
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| Related terms: | misfortune trouble catastrophe nadir victimization extremity affliction ill-being | |
| 3. | [ noun ] something that causes or entails suffering | |
| Examples: | : "I cannot thinking it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell "the many hardships of frontier life" |
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| Related terms: | misfortune | |
| Similar spelling: |
hard_disk hard_disc hard_cash Hardisty Hardison Hardesty |
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