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hard·ship
 hardship
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- pronunciation:
- hard
shIp
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a condition of severe want, poverty, or suffering.
His family had known great hardship during the war.- synonyms:
- deprivation, destitution, indigence, poverty, suffering, want
- antonyms:
- ease
- similar words:
- adversity, difficulty, distress, privation, travail, tribulation
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| definition 2: |
a particular instance or cause of such a condition.
Poverty is one of the hardships that the country faces.Losing her husband was a tremendous hardship for her and her family.- synonyms:
- misfortune, ordeal, trial, tribulation
- similar words:
- burden, mischance, mishap, setback, sorrow, tragedy
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| related words: |
affliction, bust, discomfort, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pinch |
adjective + (n.)hardship
civilian,
considerable,
daily,
economic,
emotional,
enduring,
enormous,
everyday,
extraordinary,
extreme,
far,
financial,
increasing,
incredible,
inevitable,
personal,
physical,
severe,
shared,
short-term,
suffering,
terrible,
tremendous,
undue,
untold,
widespread,
willing
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verb + (n.)hardship
alleviate,
bear,
blame,
cause,
cope,
create,
ease,
endure,
escape,
experience,
face,
impose,
inure,
minimize,
overcome,
spare,
suffer,
survive,
sustain,
undergo,
withstand,
witness
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(n.)hardship
+ verb
confront, document, encounter, excel, flee, inflict, pose, result, temper, weaken, weather
noun + (n.)hardship
accommodation,
adversity,
burden,
chaos,
corruption,
courage,
deprivation,
determination,
discrimination,
drought,
endurance,
famine,
frustration,
handicap,
humor,
joy,
midst,
pain,
peril,
poverty,
recession,
stress,
struggle,
suffering,
terror,
unemployment
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