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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
hard knocks, Herculean task, rainy day, rotten luck, tough break, tough luck, uphill battle
Example Sentences
It provides relief from life’s hardships, drudgery, and setbacks.
Economic hardship brought about by soaring inflation, among other factors, is likely to have resulted in “non-traditional” Republican voters being drawn to vote for Trump.
Musk has admitted that his plans would inflict "hardship" on Americans; austerity measures in other countries have led to skyrocketing poverty rates and economic instability.
His mass deportation proposal would likely sow enormous pain for millions of families and economic hardship across the United States.
Although much of Yoakam’s most celebrated work has centered on classic country themes such as hardship, heartache, loneliness and drifting, “Brighter Days” demonstrates considerable joy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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