Definitions for hardship

hardship hard·ship

Spelling: [hahrd-ship]
IPA: /ˈhɑrd ʃɪp/

Hardship is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in hardship (adhhiprs).

Definitions for hardship

noun

  1. a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression:
  2. an instance or cause of this; something hard to bear, as a deprivation, lack of comfort, or constant toil or danger:

Origin of hardship

Middle English word dating back to 1175-1225; See origin at hard, -ship

Examples for hardship

Conservatives oppose public spending to ease the hardship of poor women, cutting funds for food stamps and housing assistance.

Omran has that deep, mature stare that only comes with years of hardship and struggle.

Before these were completed she succumbed to the hardship of her life.

If you can eat and sleep well, you can stand almost any hardship.

At other times, North Korea might want aid economic and food concessions, especially during periods of hardship and famine.

She loves him, and through poverty and hardship will share his fate.

If you've only just got it, there'll be no hardship to you or to them if you give it up now!

The youth are desperate because of the hardship of life here and the joblessness.

This was it: An impending termination of the oppression and hardship that comprised so many of our Arab landscapes.

He said he'd escaped from prison and, after a lot of difficulty and hardship, got back to England.

Word Value for hardship
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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