hardships
Life's tough stretches
Hardships are conditions that cause suffering or difficulty—poverty, illness, deprivation, persecution.
The word implies sustained adversity rather than momentary setbacks: The settlers endured many hardships during their first winter.
Hardship often appears in contexts of resilience or complaint: economic hardship, undue hardship, a life of hardship.
Causes of great distress
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- setbacksReversals of progress
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
deprivation · poverty · calamity · tragedy · distress · misery · plight · predicament
Capacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
determination · patience · persistence · courage · mettle · willpower · strength · steadfastness
Armed military engagement
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- challengeTest of ability
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
grind · strive · strain · labor · effort · push · exertion · slog
Ability to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- survivorOne still alive after
sustenance · shelter · foraging · making do · scraping by · getting by · bare necessities · subsistence
tribulations
Causes of great distress
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- setbacksReversals of progress
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
suffering · deprivation · poverty · calamity · tragedy · distress · misery · plight · predicament · ordeal
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
grit · determination · patience · persistence · courage · mettle · willpower · strength · steadfastness · toughness
battle
Armed military engagement
toil · grind · strive · strain · labor · effort · push · exertion · slog · uphill
resourcefulness
Ability to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
survivor · sustenance · shelter · foraging · making do · scraping by · getting by · bare necessities · subsistence · scarcity
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
- memoirsmemoir, memoirs, autobiography, autobiographies, life story
- Communist PolandCommunist era, People's Republic, Solidarity, Walesa, state surveillance
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- inspirationinspiration, muse, affirmations, motivational quotes, inspirational quotes
hardshipsease
Lack of strain
comforts · conveniences · luxuries · privileges · amenities
hardshipsblessings
Favors from the divine
prosperousness · prosperity · good fortune · affluence · advantages
- financial hardshipSevere money difficulties
- hardship payCompensation for difficult conditions
- economic hardshipSevere money troubles
- undue hardshipUnreasonable difficulty or strain
- winter hardshipsDifficulties during cold months
- hardship fundMoney reserved for difficulties