adversities

Noun

adversity (usually uncountable, plural adversities)

1. (usually) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
   • The doctor loved the squire, loved him as his oldest friend; but he loved him ten times better as being in adversity than he could ever have done had things gone well at Greshansbury in his time.1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, Read Books, published 2008, →ISBN, Chapter III, page 55

   Synonyms:

   mischance, misluck, adverseness, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, illfare, misadventure

2. (countable, usually) An event that is adverse; calamity.
   • Having “secret notice,” the writer of “True Remembrances” declares of the above complains, he retired into Munster, intending to proceed to England, to justify himself; but was detained there for want of money by the breaking out of rebellion. This adversity befell him in the autumn of 1598.1859 September, “The Great Earl of Cork”, in The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, volume LIV, Alex Thom & Sons, page 326

   Synonyms:

   nakba

   Antonyms:

   fortuity