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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
adversities |
| definition 1: |
a condition of misfortune or difficulty.
Many families faced adversity when the factory laid off half its workers.- synonyms:
- hardship, misery, misfortune, trouble
- antonyms:
- ease, prosperity
- similar words:
- affliction, cross, suffering, trial, tribulation, woe
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| definition 2: |
an adverse event or circumstance.
- synonyms:
- accident, affliction, blow, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, setback
- similar words:
- calamity, catastrophe, comedown, cross, disaster, evil, hardship, tragedy, trial
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| related words: |
distress, ordeal, pinch, travail |
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