Synonyms for adversity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-vur-si-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ædˈvɜr sɪ ti

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Définition of adversity

Origin : c.1200, aduersite "misfortune, hardship, difficulty," from Old French aversité "adversity, calamity, misfortune; hostility, wickedness, malice" (Modern French adversité), from Latin adversitatem (nominative adversitas) "opposition," from adversus (see adverse).

noun bad luck, situation

Example sentences :

Yet, measured according to the stern standards of adversity, Mary was fortunate.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It will blunt the keen edge of sorrow, and smooth the asperities of adversity.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

To fight it out, shoulder to shoulder with my brethren in adversity.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

But the great Wampanoag chief was not a man to yield to adversity.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

We all know how hard it is to keep up under the shock of adversity.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

Adversity mak's a man wise, they say, if it doesna mak' him rich.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

The pestilent coxcomb has his uses, and his uses, like adversity's, are sweet.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

A vine bruised by adversity is in no condition to withstand phylloxera.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

For even this much of consideration men in adversity are grateful.'
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

Antonyms for adversity

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