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Hardship   /hˈɑrdʃɪp/   Listen
Hardship

noun
1.
A state of misfortune or affliction.  Synonyms: adversity, hard knocks.  "A life of hardship"
2.
Something hard to endure.  Synonyms: asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity.
3.
Something that causes or entails suffering.  "The many hardships of frontier life"





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"Hardship" Quotes from Famous Books



... answered Lord Bendham; "we shall excuse your ignorance for once. Only inform us what it was you just now called the greatest hardship of all." ...
— Nature and Art • Mrs. Inchbald
... cannot really wish me to be the "Mamma d'une nombreuse famille," for I think you will see with me the great inconvenience a large family would be to us all, and particularly to the country, independent of the hardship and inconvenience to myself; men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children, why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary ...
— The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) • Queen Victoria
... was sheer consternation, especially among the hard-pressed Tidewater planters. In the process of calling in the money a severe currency shortage developed and some financial hardship occurred at the same time the Stamp Act took effect. More significant than the economic impact was the political impact of the Currency Act on Virginia politics and the political fortunes of key Virginians. Among the many Virginians ...
— The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 • Virginia State Dept. of Education
... of all flavour combined with the finest appearance; it seems as though something in the earth or atmosphere were wanting to their full development. Similarly, though in the upper regions the climate is delicious, the missionaries could not keep themselves alive, but died of privation, hardship, ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
... Spanish girl had awakened with a considerable fever and nervousness. When, however, her anxiety had been allayed and her thirst relieved, she had fallen asleep again. Mrs. Belding said the girl had suffered no great hardship, other than mental, and would very soon be rested ...
— Desert Gold • Zane Grey


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