HARDSHIPS Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the word hardships. (close relations)
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| adversity | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of misfortune or affliction • a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event | ||||||
| afflictions | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity • a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health • a cause of great suffering and distress | ||||||
| challenges | nounn | |||||
noun • a demanding or stimulating situation • a call to engage in a contest or fight • questioning a statement and demanding an explanation • a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror • a demand by a sentry for a password or identification verb • take exception to • issue a challenge to • ask for identification • raise a formal objection in a court of law | ||||||
| difficulties | nounn | |||||
noun • an effort that is inconvenient • the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | ||||||
| miseries | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness | ||||||
| obstacles | nounn | |||||
noun • something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted • an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) | ||||||
| ordeals | nounn | |||||
noun • a severe or trying experience • a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence | ||||||
| problems | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved • a question raised for consideration or solution • a source of difficulty | ||||||
| struggles | nounn | |||||
noun • an energetic attempt to achieve something • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) • strenuous effort verb • make a strenuous or labored effort • to exert strenuous effort against opposition • climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | ||||||
| trials | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of testing something • trying something to find out about it • the act of undergoing testing • (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law • (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications • an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | ||||||
| tribulations | nounn | |||||
noun • an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | ||||||
| asperity | nounn | |||||
noun • something hard to endure • harshness of manner | ||||||
| grimness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being ghastly • something hard to endure | ||||||
| rigor | nounn | |||||
noun • something hard to endure • the quality of being valid and rigorous • excessive sternness | ||||||
| rigorousness | nounn | |||||
noun • something hard to endure • excessive sternness | ||||||
| rigour | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being valid and rigorous • something hard to endure • excessive sternness | ||||||
| rigourousness | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • something hard to endure • excessive sternness | ||||||
| severeness | nounn | |||||
noun • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • something hard to endure • extreme plainness • excessive sternness | ||||||
| severity | nounn | |||||
noun • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • something hard to endure • extreme plainness • excessive sternness | ||||||
| hard knocks | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of misfortune or affliction | ||||||
