hardship
/hˈɑrdʃɪp/
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Definitions
Noun
a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
Noun
something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
Noun
something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think 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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affliction
catastrophe
disaster
distress
extremity
ill-being
low-water mark
nadir
sternness
victimization