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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɑːrdʃɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɑrdʃɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(härd′ship)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hard•ship /ˈhɑrdʃɪp/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a condition that is difficult to live through;
    deprivation;
    oppression:[uncountable]a life of hardship under that regime.
  2. an instance or cause of hardship:[countable]endured many hardships in childhood.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hard•ship  (härd′ship),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a condition that is difficult to endure;
    suffering;
    deprivation;
    oppression:a life of hardship.
  2. an instance or cause of this;
    something hard to bear, as a deprivation, lack of comfort, or constant toil or danger:They faced bravely the many hardships of frontier life.
  • 1175–1225; Middle English; see hard, -ship
    1. trouble, affliction, suffering, misfortune. Hardship, privation, austerity refer to a condition hard to endure. Hardship applies to a circumstance in which excessive and painful effort of some kind is required, as enduring acute discomfort from cold, or battling over rough terrain. Privation has particular reference to lack of food, clothing, and other necessities or comforts. Austerity not only includes the ideas of privation and hardship but also implies deliberate control of emotional reactions to these.
    1. ease.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hardship /ˈhɑːdʃɪp/ n
  1. conditions of life difficult to endure
  2. something that causes suffering or privation
'hardship' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: the hardship of [winter, poverty, wartime], have had a lot of hardships in my life, my life has been full of hardship, more...

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