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adversity - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" |
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hardship |
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bad luck,
ill luck,
misfortune,
tough luck an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
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ill-being lack of prosperity or happiness or health
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catastrophe,
disaster a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
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extremity an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
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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"
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affliction a cause of great suffering and distress
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victimization adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"
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low-water mark,
nadir a line marking the lowest level reached
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adversity - a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities" |
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bad luck,
misfortune an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
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