hardship

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of misfortune or affliction
  2. noun something hard to endure
  3. noun something that causes or entails suffering; - James Boswell

Etymology

From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.

In classic literature

Synonyms

adversity, hard knocks

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