Definition of hardship Hardship

/hɑˈɹdʃɪp/ - [hardship] - hard•ship

We found 6 definitions of hardship from 4 different sources.

What does hardship mean?

Noun Plural: hardships
hardship - 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"
hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
		adversity, hard knocks
		ill luck, tough luck, misfortune, bad luck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
		ill-being lack of prosperity or happiness or health
		catastrophe, disaster a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
		extremity an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
		distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
		affliction a cause of great suffering and distress
		victimization adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"
hardship - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
		asperity, grimness, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
		difficultness, difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"