nnoun.statea state of misfortune or afflictionSynset:adversity hard knocks
Examples:- debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
- a life of hardship
Derivationally Related Form:adverse
Hypernyms:bad luck ill luck misfortune tough luck
Inherited Hypernyms:adversitymisfortunefortuneconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:afflictioncatastrophedisasterdistressextremityill-beinglow-water marknadirvictimization
Full Hyponyms:afflictionanguishbitter endcatastropheconcentration campcrossdistressextremityill-beingliving deathmiserynadirpressuresufferingthroevictimization
nnoun.attributesomething hard to endureSynset:asperity grimness rigor rigorousness rigour rigourousness severeness severity
Examples:- the asperity of northern winters
Derivationally Related Form:grimsevere
Hypernyms:difficultness difficulty
Inherited Hypernyms:asperitydifficultyqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:sternness
nnoun.eventsomething that causes or entails sufferingExamples:- I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women - James Boswell
- the many hardships of frontier life
Hypernyms:bad luck misfortune
Inherited Hypernyms:hardshipmisfortunetroublehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity