Associations to the word «Adversity»

Wiktionary

ADVERSITY, noun. (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
ADVERSITY, noun. (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.

Dictionary definition

ADVERSITY, noun. A state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship".
ADVERSITY, noun. A stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities".

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad