Adversity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.
  • n. A calamitous event.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
  • n. An event that is adverse; calamity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Opposition; contrariety.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Adverse fortune or fate; a condition or state marked by misfortune, calamity, distress, or unhappiness.
  • n. An unfortunate event or circumstance; an ill chance; a misfortune or calamity: generally in the plural.
  • n. Synonyms Trouble, distress, misery, disaster, woe, ill luck.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a state of misfortune or affliction
  • n. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    misfortune    bad luck   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disaster    trouble    suffering    affliction    trial    misery    distress    opposition    contrariety    misfortune   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    diversity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affliction    privation    tribulation    bereavement    peril    humiliation    disappointment    temptation    discouragement    poverty   
     
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