Adversity

Quick meaning: Adversity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.

Example Sentences

These are the people who will overcome the adversity, chaos, and destruction of combat and defeat the enemy in war.

God approves all adversity. Not all adversity that the Christian encounters is due to sins in the Christian's life. Not all adversity is the fault of the Christian.

The doctor loved the squire, loved him as his oldest friend; but he loved him ten times better as being in adversity than he could ever have done had things gone well at Greshansbury in his time.

Make sure that your child’s adversity is really an adversity. Not having parents who can buy a new car upon your son’s sixteenth birthday is not an adversity. Being the only girl on the block who doesn’t own a designed handbag is not an adversity

Word Forms

• adversities

Synonyms for adversity

Depending on context, synonyms include mischance, misluck, adverseness, hard luck, misfortune, mishap.

Antonyms for adversity

Common opposites include fortuity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hardship, hostility, plight, misfortune, evil, misery.

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