adversity
noun
[ ədˈvəːsɪti ]
• a difficult or unpleasant situation.
• "resilience in the face of adversity"
Similar:
misfortune,
ill luck,
bad luck,
trouble,
difficulty,
hardship,
distress,
disaster,
misadventure,
suffering,
affliction,
sorrow,
misery,
heartbreak,
heartache,
wretchedness,
tribulation,
woe,
pain,
trauma,
torment,
torture,
mishap,
stroke of ill luck,
stroke of bad luck,
accident,
shock,
upset,
reverse,
reversal,
reversal of fortune,
setback,
crisis,
catastrophe,
tragedy,
calamity,
trial,
cross,
burden,
blow,
buffet,
vicissitude,
issue,
hard times,
dire straits,
trials and tribulations,
hell,
hell on earth,
hassle,
stress,
dolour,
travails,
Opposite:
good times,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French adversite, from Latin adversitas, from advertere ‘turn towards’.
