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Adversity Common

Adversity has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a state of misfortune or affliction

"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"

"a life of hardship"

2

a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event

"a period marked by adversities"

3

The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

"After years of adversity, the family finally found stability in their rebuilt home."

Example Sentences
"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity" noun
"a life of hardship" noun
"a period marked by adversities" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
misfortune
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ill-being catastrophe extremity distress affliction victimization nadir
Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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