2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adversity noun 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn: {hardship}, {hard knocks}] 2: a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities" From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Adversity \Ad*ver"si*ty\, noun; pl. {Adversities}. [OE. adversite, F. adversit['e], fr. L. adversitas.] 1. Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. --Bacon. Syn: Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial.

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