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 Definitions of Adversity  [ædˈvɜr sɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'Adversity' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) adversity
adverse fortune or fate; misfortune; calamity:
in times of adversity.

2.  adversity
an adverse event or circumstance:
to cope with life's many adversities.

Etymology:  (1200–50; (< AF) < L)

Definition of 'Adversity' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) adversity, hardship, hard knocks
a state of misfortune or affliction
"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

2. (noun) adversity
a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
"a period marked by adversities"


Definition of 'Adversity' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Adversity
opposition; contrariety


Translation of 'Adversity' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: misfortune or hardship.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ongeluk Arabic flag Arabic: شِدَّه، مِحْنَه، ضَرَّاء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нещастие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: adversidade Czech flag Czech: nepřízeň German flag German: das Mißgeschick
Danish flag Danish: modgang Greek flag Greek: αντιξοότητα, ατυχία Spanish flag Spanish: adversidad
Estonian flag Estonian: ebaõnn Farsi flag Farsi: بدبختی؛ بدبیاری Finnish flag Finnish: vastoinkäyminen
French flag French: adversité Hebrew flag Hebrew: צָרָה, מְצוּקָה Hindi flag Hindi: कठिनाई
Croatian flag Croatian: nesreća Hungarian flag Hungarian: viszontagság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kesengsaraan, kemalangan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mótlæti, andstreymi Italian flag Italian: avversità, sfortuna Japanese flag Japanese: 苦境
Korean flag Korean: 불행 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nelaimė, sunkus išmėginim Latvian flag Latvian: nelaime; posts
Malay flag Malay: kecelakaan Dutch flag Dutch: tegenspoed Norwegian flag Norwegian: motgang
Polish flag Polish: przeciwność losu Persian flag Persian: بدبختی؛ بدبیاری Pashto flag Pashto: بد بختی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: adversidade Romanian flag Romanian: difi­cultăţi, greutăţi, n Russian flag Russian: невзгоды
Slovak flag Slovak: nepriazeň Slovenian flag Slovenian: zla sreča Serbian flag Serbian: nedaća
Swedish flag Swedish: motgång, elände Thai flag Thai: เคราะห์กรรม; ความทุกข์ร้อ Turkish flag Turkish: aksilik, talihsizlik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 逆境 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: напасть, лихо Urdu flag Urdu: مصیبت ، کم بختی ، آفت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: những điều không may Chinese flag Chinese: 逆境

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'Adversity' - Nearby Entries  

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