hardship

/hˈɑɹdʃɪp/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a state of misfortune or affliction
   “debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”
2. something hard to endure
   “the asperity of northern winters”
3. something that causes or entails suffering- James Boswell
   “I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women”

Synonyms for hardship

• adversity
• hard knocks
• asperity
• grimness
• rigor
• rigour
• severity
• severeness
• rigorousness
• rigourousness