hard times

Noun

Meaning

a time of difficulty

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dog days struggle recession hardship misfortune

Hypernyms

time

Examples

Everyone goes through hard times. You have to find the strength within yourself to get through them. David Beckham

Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. Anton Chekhov

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. Emily Dickinson

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. Rutherford B. Hayes

Character is the virtue of hard times. Charles de Gaulle

In hard times priests are in great demand. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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