adversity[noun]Synonyms: hardship, affliction, bad luck, disaster, distress, hard times, misfortune, reverse, trouble
Antonyms: prosperity
Contrasted words: bliss, felicity, happiness, comfort, ease
Related Words: distress,
misery,
suffering,
deprivation,
destitution,
indigence,
poverty [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ad‧ver‧si‧ty /ədˈvɜːsəti, ədˈvɜːsɪti $ -ɜːr-/
noun [uncountable] a situation in which you have a lot of problems that seem to be caused by bad luck:
his courage in the face of adversity [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲