What is another word for

adversity

adversity as in a state of misfortune or affliction
  • "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"
  • "a life of hardship"

Synonyms

  • hardshipa state of misfortune or affliction; something hard to endure; something that causes or entails suffering
  • hard knocksa state of misfortune or affliction
adversity as in a stroke of ill fortune
  • "a calamitous event"
  • "a period marked by adversities"