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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a state of misfortune or affliction;
- Example: "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"
- Example: "a life of hardship"
[syn: adversity, hardship, hard knocks]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hard knocks
    n 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers
         struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn:
         adversity, hardship, hard knocks]