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Another word for hardship

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hardship

n.

Injury
misfortune, calamity, accident; see catastrophe, disaster.
Burden
trial, sorrow, worry, difficulty; see difficulty 2, grief 1. See syn. study at difficulty.

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Another word for hardship

noun

Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome:

asperity, difficulty, rigor, vicissitude (often used in plural). Idioms: a hard (or tough) nut to crack, a hard (or tough) row to hoe, heavy sledding. See easy

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There was hardship, but scarcely any opposition.
The hardship of attendance at the county courts was to some extent obviated.
He accomplished the winter journey safely, though with considerable danger and hardship; and shortly after his return was appointed lieutenant-colonel of a Virginia regiment, under Colonel Joshua Fry.
The Persians of Cyrus were a vigorous race of husbandmen, living in a healthy climate, accustomed to hardship, brave and upright.
His last days were spent in a cave in the parish of Sorn, near his birthplace, and there he died in 1686, worn out by hardship and privation.

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