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- Dictionaryhardship/ˈhɑːdʃɪp/
noun
- 1. severe suffering or privation: "intolerable levels of hardship"
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HARDSHIP definition: 1. (something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of HARDSHIP is privation, suffering. How to use hardship in a sentence.
Hardship definition: a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression. See examples of HARDSHIP used in a sentence.
HARDSHIP meaning: 1. (something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this: 2…. Learn more.
Hardship is a situation in which your life is difficult or unpleasant, often because you do not have enough money.
noun. /ˈhɑːdʃɪp/ /ˈhɑːrdʃɪp/ [uncountable, countable] a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc. economic/financial, etc. hardship. People suffered many hardships during that long winter. The two men endured great hardship during their trek across Antarctica.
The word hard in hardship is a tip-off to its meaning: something that’s a hardship is hard. It could be hard work that you do for a larger goal — like training for the marathon — or it could be a situation that’s hard to endure. If you lose your job, you could end up experiencing financial hardship.
noun. Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome: asperity, difficulty, rigor, vicissitude (often used in plural).
HARDSHIP definition: a problem or situation that makes you suffer a lot, especially because you are very poor: . Learn more.
noun. /ˈhɑrdʃɪp/. [uncountable, countable] a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc. economic/financial, etc. hardship People suffered many hardships during that long winter.
