Synonyms for adversity
ædˈvɜr sɪ tiad·ver·si·ty

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1. adversity

   Misfortune is adverse fortune or any instance thereof, any untoward event, usually of lingering character or consequences, and such as the sufferer is not deemed directly responsible for; as, he had the misfortune to be born blind. Any considerable disappointment, failure, or misfortune, as regards outward circumstances, as loss of fortune, position, and the like, when long continued or attended with enduring consequences, constitutes adversity. For the loss of friends by death we commonly use affliction or bereavement. Calamity and disaster are used of sudden and severe misfortunes, often overwhelming; ill fortune and ill luck, of lighter troubles and failures. We speak of the misery of the poor, the hardships of the soldier. Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design. Affliction may be keen and bitter, but brief; tribulation is long and wearing. We speak of an affliction, but rarely of a tribulation, since tribulation is viewed as a continuous process, which may endure for years or for a lifetime; but we speak of our daily trials. Compare CATASTROPHE.

   Synonyms:
   affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, failure, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitation

   Antonyms:
   blessing, boon, comfort, consolation, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph

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1. adversity

   Synonyms:
   ill-luck, misfortune, misery, calamity, disaster, distress, unsuccess, failure, ruin, trouble, affliction, sorrow

   Antonyms:
   good-luck, prosperity, happiness, success, advancement

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1. adversity, hardship, hard knocksnoun

   a state of misfortune or affliction

   "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

   Synonyms:
   rigor, rigourousness, severeness, hardship, severity, grimness, asperity, rigorousness, rigour, hard knocks

2. adversitynoun

   a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

   "a period marked by adversities"

   Synonyms:
   hard knocks, hardship

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1. • Misfortune

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1. adversitynoun

   Synonyms:
   misfortune, calamity, affliction, trouble, suffering, woe, disaster, distress, misery, ill-luck, bad luck, broken fortunes, hard life, frowns of fortune

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1. adversitynoun

   Synonyms:
   misfortune, buffeting, disaster, affliction, reverses, trouble

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1. List of paraphrases for "adversity":

   ordeal, downturn, hardship

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1. Lisa Haisha:

   The superpower of people with dominant Fixer Imposters is that they are tirelessly solution-oriented and helpful, particularly when the going gets rough. People with dominant Fixer Imposters can also be master worriers. They see adversity and disaster around every corner, even in benign situations.

2. Amy Fochler:

   Veterans face a lot of adversity when it comes to burn pit exposure. Three things are needed for service connection, exposure and service, a current disability, and a nexus between that exposure and their disability, the Nexus piece is usually the most difficult to establish and with Chris, because the onset was in service, the VA found that there was a nexus. For most veterans, the disability manifests after service, and so, without a presumptive for conditions due to burn pit exposure, the burden is on the veteran to present evidence of a medical nexus between their current disability and their burn pit exposure. Most of the time, the VA doesn't recognize the connection.

3. Tom K. Ryan:

   However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional manner ... sulking and nausea.

4. Firmianus Lactantius:

   Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, control youth, and delights old age.

5. Keegan Kolesar:

   It was a super resilient effort the last few games, every game there’s something else happening, a little more adversity. For guys to come in and be able to contribute, it’s the world for us right now.