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hardship
noun as in personal burden
Strongest matches
adversity, calamity, catastrophe, danger, difficulty, disaster, discomfort, fatigue, grief, hazard, injury, misery, misfortune, oppression, peril, persecution, sorrow, suffering, torment, trouble, worry
Strong matches
accident, affliction, asperity, austerity, case, curse, destitution, distress, drudgery, grievance, labor, mischance, need, privation, rigor, toil, travail, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, want
Weak matches
Herculean task, hard knocks, rainy day, rotten luck, tough break, tough luck, uphill battle
Example Sentences
In part of the story Santa shows two youngsters the hardships faced by a group of refugee children.
In their posts, they often made note of the hardships Ukrainians now endure daily, including long power outages while loved ones have been away fighting for months or years.
But L.A. has also brought disappointment, financial hardship and the necessity to face hard truths.
Persistence through hardship is an important concept in Thai culture, explained Thai CDC program associate Kittima Chambers.
Marwan Marouf’s friends say that he’s the kind of Texan to show up at your door when hardship strikes with a bag of groceries, a smile and a helping hand.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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