hardship

Meaning

Synonyms

distress
C1
difficulty
C1
trouble
A1
suffering
B1
misfortune
C1
disaster
B2
adversity
C2
difficulties
C1
pain
A2
affliction
20k
misery
B2
privation
trial
B1
toil
C2
problem
A1
agony
C1
rigor
C2
anguish
C2
discomfort
C2
troubles
B2
tragedy
B2
bad luck
grief
B2
tribulation
severity
22k
ordeal
C2
entanglement
38k
annoyance
30k
rigourousness
bother
A2

hard knocks

strait circumstances

labor
B2
vicissitude
asperity
torment
C1
sorrow
B2
rigorousness
complaint
B2
rigour
hard times
hardness
41k
severeness
grimness
need
A1
effort
B1
burden
B2
duress
22k
botheration
miserable
B2
Translations

Mühsal
Not
catastrophe
malheur
privazione
souffrance

κακουχία

détresse
Mühe
misère
apuro

ταλαιπωρία

difficultés
difficulté
épreuves
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
hardshipe
In summary

From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.

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