Synonyms of hardships

hardships

noun

plural of hardship

as in difficulties

something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal

working two jobs was a hardship he was willing to endure to get out of debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• difficulties
• obstacles
• adversities
• rigors
• trials
• asperities
• hurdles
• inconveniences
• discomforts
• tribulations
• misfortunes
• tragedies
• nuisances
• afflictions
• impediments
• mishaps
• hindrances
• obstructions
• embarrassments
• handicaps
• interferences
• snags
• encumbrances
• shackles
• lets
• inhibitions
• hitches
• trammels
• deterrents
• manacles
• clogs
• rubs
• chains
• knocks
• crimps
• fetters
• stops
• humps
• catches
• blocks
• pons asinorums
• checks
• bars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opportunities
• advantages
• breaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hardships

Rolling blackouts have worsened, exacerbating hardships in a country whose economy has been in crisis for five years. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

Before settling in Omaha in the 1960s, Tubbs’s parents had suffered their own hardships. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

The bittersweet farewell makes way for more adventures and hardships, ups and downs, to come. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 July 2026

Many Cubans say, with reason, that the revenues of GAESA, as well as other quasi-public entities, insulate the elite from the hardships of life in Cuba. — Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

In fact, nine of the signers died during the Revolutionary War from disease, prison hardships or combat wounds. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

In their bid to survive, the crew will face unimaginable challenges and hardships, including encounters with Pacific Islanders with a wide range of ideas about how to treat their unexpected visitors. — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026

So as opposed to, say, inspiring American leaders of all kinds, like a real explanation of the character of Harriet Tubman or of Chief Joseph or Americans struggled against real hardships. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt. — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026