Synonyms for Hard knocks:

• n.

  •adverse circumstances (noun)
  • stress,
  • rough going,
  • Difficulties,
  • troubles.
  •adversity (noun)
  • ill fortune,
  • on the skids,
  • the worst,
  • bad break,
  • tough luck,
  • hard times,
  • misfortunes.
  •distress (noun)
  • tough breaks,
  • ticklish spots,
  • dis-tress,
  • rotten lucks,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis tresses,
  • holy messes,
  • unholy messes,
  • dis tress.
  •hardship (noun)
  • dis comforts,
  • dis-comfort,
  • mis-chance,
  • dis comfort,
  • mis chances,
  • mis chance,
  • herculean tasks,
  • in jury,
  • dis-comforts,
  • uphill battles,
  • mis-chances,
  • in-jury,
  • in juries.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • distress,
  • hard time,
  • tough break,
  • adversity,
  • ticklish spot,
  • rotten luck,
  • tragedy,
  • bad fortune,
  • hardship,
  • uphill battle,
  • unholy mess,
  • holy mess,
  • vicissitude.
  •tragedy (noun)
  • un-luckiness,
  • un luckinesses,
  • mis adventures,
  • un luckiness,
  • mis-adventure,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis-adventures,
  • un-luckinesses,
  • bad fortunes.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • affliction,
  • hardcase,
  • blight,
  • annoyance,
  • care,
  • curse,
  • hard lines,
  • plight,
  • predicament,
  • tribulation,
  • hard life,
  • rigor,
  • trial,
  • hard case,
  • rigour,
  • trouble,
  • bummer,
  • aggravation,
  • cross,
  • irritation,
  • pressure,
  • difficulty,
  • downer.