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[ noun ] something hard to endure
Examples "the asperity of northern winters" Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)But Thorpe saw also the hardships of pioneer existence , the cultural poverty of the frontier_settlements , and the slack morality which abounded in the new regions . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a state of misfortune or affliction
Synonyms Examples : "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity" "a life of hardship" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)It argued , inter_alia , that a divestiture order would severely depress the market_value of the stock of both General_Motors and du_Pont , with consequent serious loss and hardship to hundreds of thousands of innocent investors , among them thousands of small trusts and charitable institutions ; that there would be a similar decline in the market_values of other automotive and chemical stocks , with similar losses to the stockholders of those companies ; that the tremendous volume of General_Motors stock hanging over the market for ten years would hamper the efforts of General_Motors and other automobile manufacturers to raise equity capital ; and that all this would have a serious adverse effect on the entire stock_market and on general business_activity . Related terms misfortune trouble catastrophe nadir victimization extremity affliction ill-being |
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[ noun ] something that causes or entails suffering
Examples : "I cannot thinking it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell "the many hardships of frontier life" Related terms |
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