Definition of adversity Adversity

/ædvɚˈsɪti/ - [atdversitee] - ad•ver•si•ty

We found 11 definitions of adversity from 7 different sources.

What does adversity mean?

Noun Plural: adversities
adversity - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
		hardship, hard knocks
		ill luck, tough luck, misfortune, bad luck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
		ill-being lack of prosperity or happiness or health
		catastrophe, disaster a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
		extremity an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
		distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
		affliction a cause of great suffering and distress
		victimization adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"
adversity - a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"
		misfortune, bad luck unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event