adversity

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noun

1. a state of misfortune or affliction (Freq. 1)
- debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
- a life of hardship
• Syn:
hardship, hard knocks
• Derivationally related forms:
adverse
• Hypernyms:
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
• Hyponyms:
ill-being, catastrophe, disaster, extremity, distress,
affliction, victimization, nadir, low-water mark
2. a stroke of ill fortune;
a calamitous event
- a period marked by adversities
• Derivationally related forms:
adverse
• Hypernyms:
misfortune, bad luck

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hardship, hard knocks