Noun Definition

hardship

1.Definition: a state of misfortune or affliction

"Debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity", "A life of hardship"

Related Noun(s):adversity

Category: General

2.Definition: something hard to endure

Related Noun(s):asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity

Category: General

3.Definition: something that causes or entails suffering

"I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women", "The many hardships of frontier life"

Category: General