Hardship

//ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp//

Synonyms for "hardship" (115 found)

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Translations

108 translations across 50 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μόχθος noun (difficulty or trouble)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شِدَّة noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • مَشَقَّة noun (difficulty or trouble)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • няго́ды noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • ця́жкасць noun (difficulty or trouble)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • затруднение noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • строгост noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • суровост noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • трудност noun (difficulty or trouble)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • чежкосц noun (difficulty or trouble)

Catalan

1 entries
  • dificultats noun (difficulty or trouble)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئەرک noun (difficulty or trouble)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 困難 /困难 noun (difficulty or trouble)

Czech

3 entries
  • obtíž noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • svízel noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • těžkost noun (difficulty or trouble)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ellende noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • ondraaglijkheid noun (difficulty or trouble)

Faroese

4 entries
  • roynsla noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • trongd noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • trupulleiki noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • viðurmøði noun (difficulty or trouble)

Finnish

3 entries
  • vaikeus noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • vaiva noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • vastoinkäyminen noun (difficulty or trouble)

French

3 entries
  • difficultés noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • misère noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • épreuve noun (difficulty or trouble)

Galician

3 entries
  • apuro noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • dificultade noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • traballos noun (difficulty or trouble)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სირთულეები noun (difficulty or trouble)

German

4 entries
  • Beschwernis noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • Elend noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • Entbehrung noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • Härte noun (difficulty or trouble)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कष्ट noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • मशक्कत noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • सख्ती noun (difficulty or trouble)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þrengingar noun (difficulty or trouble)

Ido

2 entries
  • privaco noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • sufro noun (difficulty or trouble)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • rigat noun (difficulty or trouble)

Irish

1 entries
  • anró noun (difficulty or trouble)

Italian

3 entries
  • avversità noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • difficoltà noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • stento noun (difficulty or trouble)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • sufferation noun (difficulty or trouble)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 苦しみ noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • 苦難 noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • 難儀 noun (difficulty or trouble)

Korean

1 entries
  • 어려움 noun (difficulty or trouble)

Latin

2 entries
  • aerumna noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • difficultās noun (difficulty or trouble)

Marathi

1 entries
  • हालअपेष्टा noun (difficulty or trouble)

Middle English

2 entries
  • anoy noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • noy noun (difficulty or trouble)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гачигдал noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • зовлон зүдүүр noun (difficulty or trouble)

Māori

2 entries
  • uauatanga noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • whakapāwera noun (difficulty or trouble)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • lidelse noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • motgang noun (difficulty or trouble)

Old English

1 entries
  • earfeþe noun (difficulty or trouble)

Old Swedish

3 entries
  • moteganger noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • motganger noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • vidhermødha noun (difficulty or trouble)

Persian

2 entries
  • سختی noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • مشقت noun (difficulty or trouble)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • stent noun (difficulty or trouble)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schwierichkjeit noun (difficulty or trouble)

Polish

1 entries
  • trudność noun (difficulty or trouble)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • apuro noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • dificuldade noun (difficulty or trouble)

Romanian

3 entries
  • adversitate noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • dificultate noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • greutate noun (difficulty or trouble)

Russian

4 entries
  • затрудне́ние noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • невзго́ды noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • суро́вость noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • тру́дность noun (difficulty or trouble)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • èiginn noun (difficulty or trouble)

Slovene

2 entries
  • stiska noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • težava noun (difficulty or trouble)

Spanish

4 entries
  • adversidad noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • apuro noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • penalidad noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • penuria noun (difficulty or trouble)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries
  • hebi noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • pina noun (difficulty or trouble)

Swedish

3 entries
  • motgång noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • svårighet noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • vedermöda noun (difficulty or trouble)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • tanakmut noun (difficulty or trouble)

Telugu

3 entries
  • ఇడుము noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • ఇబ్బంది noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • కష్టం noun (difficulty or trouble)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zorluk noun (difficulty or trouble)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • тру́днощі noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • тру́дність noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • тя́готи noun (difficulty or trouble)

Welsh

2 entries
  • caledi noun (difficulty or trouble)
  • cyni noun (difficulty or trouble)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Kaishuu made nothing of hardship.

Source: tatoeba (22170)

Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.

Source: tatoeba (26419)

Many great men went through hardship during their youth.

Source: tatoeba (28295)

He overcame all sorts of hardship and setbacks to succeed in a solo crossing of Antarctica.

Source: tatoeba (54049)

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