Meaning : A state of misfortune or affliction.
Example :
Debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity.
A life of hardship.
Synonyms : adversity, hard knocks
Translation in other languages :
Meaning : Something hard to endure.
Example :
The asperity of northern winters.
Synonyms : asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
Meaning : Something that causes or entails suffering.
Example :
I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women.
The many hardships of frontier life.