adversity

Noun
  1. A state of misfortune or affliction (synset 114499245)
    "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
    is a type of: bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
    subtypes:
    • ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health
    • catastrophe, disaster - a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
    • extremity - an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
    • distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
    • affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
    • victimization - adversity resulting from being made a victim
    • low-water mark, nadir - an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
    same as: hard knocks, hardship
  2. A stroke of ill fortune;
    A calamitous event (synset 107351212)
    "a period marked by adversities"
    is a type of: bad luck, misfortune - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

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