adversity
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Noun
adversities, plural;
/adˈvərsitē/,
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adversities, plural;
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Difficulties; misfortune
- - resilience in the face of adversity
- - she overcame many adversities
Web Definitions:
- 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"
- The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity; An event that is adverse; calamity
- A condition of misfortune, poverty or difficulty.
- Difficulty, Retribution, Revenge, Sacrifice, Self-denial, Self-destruction, Self-sacrifice, Survival, Vengeance.
- Problems, Mason's help Brother Masons in adversity.
- (n) misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events
- a state of ill-fortune or destitution
- misfortune, hardship, danger
- Trouble, affliction.