Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Hardship has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
a state of misfortune or affliction
"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"
"a life of hardship"
something hard to endure
"the asperity of northern winters"
something that causes or entails suffering
"I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"
"the many hardships of frontier life"
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
"The family struggled to make ends meet during the long winter, facing daily hardships that tested their patience and resilience."
To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
"The colonel was accused of hardshiping his recruits by forcing them to march in freezing rain without adequate clothing."