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How to sign: something hard to endure
"the asperity of northern winters";
Similiar / Same: asperity, rigor, rigorousness, grimness, rigour, severity
Categories: difficultness, difficulty
How to sign: a state of misfortune or affliction
"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship";
Similiar / Same: adversity, hard knocks
Categories: bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck
Within this category: affliction, catastrophe, distress, extremity, ill-being, nadir, victimization