Antonyms for prosperity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pro-sper-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : prɒˈspɛr ɪ ti

Definition of prosperity

Origin : c.1200, from Old French prosprete (12c., Modern French prospérité) and directly from Latin prosperitatem (nominative prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).

noun affluence, good fortune

Example sentences :

Prosperity and power—yes, they are important, and we must maintain them.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Prosperity and health are despised, and joy begins with privations which kill the body.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Prosperity and civilization are far from being synonymous terms.
Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

Prosperity should enable us to put away a reserve for the hard times.
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

Soon afterward he died, muttering: "Prosperity has ruined my country!"
Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

Prosperity, or the semblance of it, came in like a sudden flood.
Extract from : « A History of American Christianity » by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

Prosperity to thine and thy son's for ever and ever, O mighty Vikram!
Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton

Grandeur seemed embodied there, and Prosperity had made it her own.
Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton

Prosperity is no more of a cure for these than for sickness and death.
Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau

Prosperity and freedom from care are the elements on which he thrives serenely.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Synonyms for prosperity

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