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1. trouble, affliction, suffering, misfortune. Hardship, privation, austerity refer to a condition hard to endure. Hardship applies to a circumstance in which excessive and painful effort of some kind is required, as enduring acute discomfort from cold, or battling over rough terrain. Privation has particular reference to lack of food, clothing, and other necessities or comforts. Austerity not only includes the ideas of privation and hardship but also implies deliberate control of emotional reactions to these.
1. trouble, affliction, suffering, misfortune. Hardship, privation, austerity refer to a condition hard to endure. Hardship applies to a circumstance in which excessive and painful effort of some kind is required, as enduring acute discomfort from cold, or battling over rough terrain. Privation has particular reference to lack of food, clothing, and other necessities or comforts. Austerity not only includes the ideas of privation and hardship but also implies deliberate control of emotional reactions to these.
Antonyms
1. ease.
1. ease.
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| —n | |
| 1. | conditions of life difficult to endure |
| 2. | something that causes suffering or privation |
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Example sentences
But the work of the genuine explorer and wilderness wanderer is fraught with fatigue, hardship, and danger.
The survey also found that the personal experience of economic hardship correlates with concerns over immigration.
But it is not easy to find any accurate measure either of hardship or ingenuity.
We're in no immediate financial danger, and should weather the current climate with relatively little hardship.
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