adversity
Plural: adversities
Noun
- a state of misfortune or affliction
- "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"
- a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
- The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
- An event that is adverse; calamity.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, the accusative singular of adversitās, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advertō (“I turn toward”).
Synonyms
hard knocks, hardship, adverseness, adversity, bad luck, hard luck, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap, misluck, nakba, tough luck, unfortunateness, unluck, unluckiness
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
adversity: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadversity: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adversity: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary