Thesaurus
adversity
Synonyms and Antonyms of adversity
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bad luck or an example of this
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something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance
affliction, trial, tribulation
knock, misfortune, mishap, tragedy
bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, pons asinorum, rub, shackle, snag, stop, trammel
Synonym Discussion of adversity
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- never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune
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- took the wrong road by mischance
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- had never experienced great adversity
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- the usual mishaps of a family vacation
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