Hardship — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a state of misfortune or affliction

something hard to endure

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːɹdʃɪp/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɑːdʃɪp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɑːdʃɪp/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɑːɹdʃɪp/.

Examples

debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
a life of hardship
the asperity of northern winters

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rigorousness adversity rigourousness grimness severity severeness rigour hard knocks rigor asperity

Parts of Speech

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

Word Forms

adverse	adjective	contrary to your interests or welfare
grim	adjective	not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
severe	adjective	intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Not

ein Zustand des Unglücks oder der Not

🇫🇷French

épreuves

un état de malheur ou d'affliction

🇪🇸Spanish

privación

un estado de desgracia o aflicción

🇮🇹Italian

difficoltà

uno stato di sfortuna o di afflizione

🇳🇱Dutch

ontberingen

een toestand van ongeluk of ellende

🇵🇹Portuguese

dificuldades

um estado de infortúnio ou aflição

🇷🇺Russian

трудности

состояние несчастья или скорби

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कष्ट

दुर्भाग्य या कष्ट की स्थिति

🇧🇩Bengali

কষ্ট

দুর্ভাগ্য বা দুঃখের অবস্থা

🇮🇳Tamil

கஷ்டம்

துரதிர்ஷ்டம் அல்லது துன்பத்தின் நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

కష్టాలు

దురదృష్టం లేదా బాధ యొక్క స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

कष्ट

दुर्दैव किंवा दुःखाची स्थिती

🇮🇳Gujarati

હાડમારી

કમનસીબી અથવા દુઃખની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಷ್ಟ

ದುರದೃಷ್ಟ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಕಟದ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്

നിർഭാഗ്യത്തിൻ്റെയോ കഷ്ടതയുടെയോ അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ

ਬਦਕਿਸਮਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਦੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

مشکل

بدقسمتی یا مصیبت کی حالت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

困难

不幸或痛苦的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

苦難

不幸または苦難の状態

🇰🇷Korean

고난

불행이나 고난의 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khó khăn

một trạng thái bất hạnh hoặc đau khổ

🇹🇭Thai

ความยากลำบาก

สถานะของความโชคร้ายหรือความทุกข์

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesulitan

keadaan malang atau penderitaan

🇵🇭Filipino

hirap

isang estado ng kasawian o paghihirap

🇲🇾Malay

kesusahan

keadaan kemalangan atau kesusahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مشقة

حالة من سوء الحظ أو البلاء

🇮🇷Persian

سختی

حالت بدبختی یا مصیبت

🇹🇷Turkish

zorluk

talihsizlik veya ızdırap durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְצוּקָה

מצב של חוסר מזל או סבל

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