HARDSHIP
\hˈɑːdʃɪp], \hˈɑːdʃɪp], \h_ˈɑː_d_ʃ_ɪ_p]\
Definitions of HARDSHIP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
By Princeton University
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a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A hard state or condition; severe labour; want; injury; grievance; annoyance; oppression; burden of any kind.
By Thomas Sheridan
