HARDSHIP


Meaning of HARDSHIP in English

ˈhärdˌship, ˈhȧd- noun

Etymology: Middle English hardshipe, from hard (I) + -shipe -ship

1.

a. : suffering , privation

years of danger and hardship

inflation was a cause of hardship

a life of hardship

b. : a particular instance or type of suffering or privation

the losses and hardships … entailed by war — Bertrand Russell

enduring cold, hunger, and other hardships

2. : something that causes or entails suffering or privation

cannot help thinking it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women — James Boswell

one of the hardships of town life … is the absence of spring water — American Guide Series: North Carolina

all the hardships of the northern passage — head winds, fog — L.B.Schmidt

Synonyms: see difficulty

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.