Defenition of the word adversity

• Defenition of the word adversity

  • A trying period or event.
  • a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event: "a period marked by adversities"
  • a state of misfortune or affliction: "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
  • a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"
  • a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
  • a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
  • a state of misfortune or affliction

Synonyms for the word adversity

• • danger
  • difficulty
  • hard knocks
  • hard times
  • hardship
  • harsh conditions
  • misfortune

Similar words in the adversity

• • adversity
  • adversity's

Hyponyms for the word adversity

• • affliction
  • catastrophe
  • disaster
  • distress
  • extremity
  • ill-being
  • low-water mark
  • nadir
  • victimization

Hypernyms for the word adversity

• • bad luck
  • ill luck
  • misfortune
  • tough luck

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