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adversitynoun bad luck or an example of thismany people came face-to-face with life-altering adversity when the stock market crashed ill, knock, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, tragedy calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disasteraffliction, hardship, trial, tribulation, woedistress, misery, suffering, unhappinessdefeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccesscurse, evil, sorrow, troubleaccident, casualtyblow, body blow, disappointment, letdown, setbackcircumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion fortune, luck, serendipity break, chance, fluke, godsend, hit, opportunity, strike, stroke, windfallaccomplishment, achievement, success something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goalsome overcame all the adversities of the Great Depression and rebuilt their fortunes asperity, difficulty, hardness, hardship, rigor discomfort, inconvenience, nuisanceaffliction, trial, tribulationknock, misfortune, mishap, tragedybar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, pons asinorum, rub, shackle, snag, stop, trammelblock, chain, deterrent, encumbrance, fetter, inhibitionhump advantage, break, opportunity misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap mean adverse fortune or an instance of this.misfortune may apply to either the incident or conjunction of events that is the cause of an unhappy change of fortune or to the ensuing state of distress.never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune mischance applies especially to a situation involving no more than slight inconvenience or minor annoyance.took the wrong road by mischance adversity applies to a state of grave or persistent misfortune.had never experienced great adversity mishap applies to an often trivial instance of bad luck.the usual mishaps of a family vacation in the 13th century |