ADVERSITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does adversity mean?
• ADVERSITY (noun)
The noun ADVERSITY has 2 senses:
1. a state of misfortune or affliction
2. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
Familiarity information: ADVERSITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADVERSITY (noun)
Meaning:
A state of misfortune or affliction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
adversity; hard knocks; hardship
Context examples:
debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity / a life of hardship
Hypernyms ("adversity" is a kind of...):
bad luck; ill luck; misfortune; tough luck (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adversity"):
ill-being (lack of prosperity or happiness or health)
catastrophe; disaster (a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune)
extremity (an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease))
distress (a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need))
affliction (a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity)
victimization (adversity resulting from being made a victim)
low-water mark; nadir (an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything)
Meaning:
A stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
a period marked by adversities
Hypernyms ("adversity" is a kind of...):
bad luck; misfortune (unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event)
