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"