Synonyms for hardship


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahrd-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrd ʃɪp

Top 10 synonyms for hardship Other synonyms for the word hardship

Définition of hardship

Origin :
  • c.1200, "quality of being hard," from hard + -ship. Meaning "disadvantage, suffering, privation" is c.1400.
  • noun personal burden
Example sentences :
  • If you've only just got it, there'll be no hardship to you or to them if you give it up now!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • If you can eat and sleep well, you can stand almost any hardship.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • She loves him, and through poverty and hardship will share his fate.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 » by Various
  • He said he'd escaped from prison and, after a lot of difficulty and hardship, got back to England.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Before these were completed she succumbed to the hardship of her life.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • Look at its pages, which evidence the hardship of the journey it has made.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • We, too, shall have a home like that, as a reward for years of toil and hardship.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Their masters are not to jest with them, lest they should increase the hardship of their lot.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • After all, the hardship of our lot is as nothing to that of the women yonder.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • It was a wild wintry scene, pregnant with cold and hardship.
  • Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife

Antonyms for hardship

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