We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
Source: tatoeba (1996)
Adversity
//ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "adversity" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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12 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بُؤْس noun (state of being adverse)
- ضَنْك noun (state of being adverse)
- مُصِيبَة noun (adverse event)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- bəla noun (adverse event)
- dərd noun (adverse event)
- müsibət noun (adverse event)
- qada noun (adverse event)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- प्रतिकूलता noun (state of being adverse)
Bikol Central
2 entries- katibaadan noun (state of being adverse)
- katibaadan noun (adverse event)
Bulgarian
4 entries- беда noun (state of being adverse)
- беда noun (adverse event)
- несполука noun (state of being adverse)
- несполука noun (adverse event)
Catalan
2 entries- adversitat noun (state of being adverse)
- adversitat noun (adverse event)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 逆境 noun (state of being adverse)
Danish
1 entries- modgang noun (adverse event)
Dutch
4 entries- ramp noun (adverse event)
- tegenslag noun (state of being adverse)
- tegenspoed noun (state of being adverse)
- tegenval noun (adverse event)
Finnish
2 entries- vastoinkäyminen noun (state of being adverse)
- vastoinkäyminen noun (adverse event)
French
3 entries- adversité noun (state of being adverse)
- adversité noun (adverse event)
- malheur noun (state of being adverse)
Galician
1 entries- adversidade noun (state of being adverse)
Georgian
3 entries- გასაჭირი noun (state of being adverse)
- უბედურება noun (state of being adverse)
- ჭირი noun (state of being adverse)
German
4 entries- Ungemach noun (state of being adverse)
- Widrigkeit noun (state of being adverse)
- Widrigkeit noun (adverse event)
- widriger Vorfall noun (adverse event)
Greek
1 entries- αντιξοότητες noun (state of being adverse)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रतिकूल noun (adverse event)
- प्रतिकूलता noun (state of being adverse)
Hungarian
1 entries- szerencsétlenség noun (state of being adverse)
Italian
2 entries- avversità noun (state of being adverse)
- avversità noun (adverse event)
Japanese
1 entries- 逆境 noun (state of being adverse)
Korean
1 entries- 역경 noun (state of being adverse)
Macedonian
2 entries- бе́да noun (state of being adverse)
- не́среќа noun (state of being adverse)
Middle English
2 entries- adversite noun (state of being adverse)
- adversite noun (adverse event)
Māori
1 entries- poautinitini noun (adverse event)
Norwegian
2 entries- motgang noun (state of being adverse)
- motgang noun (adverse event)
Persian
1 entries- نگونبختی noun (adverse event)
Polish
4 entries- nieszczęście noun (state of being adverse)
- nieszczęście noun (adverse event)
- niewygoda noun (state of being adverse)
- przeciwność noun (state of being adverse)
Portuguese
3 entries- adversidade noun (state of being adverse)
- adversidade noun (adverse event)
- infortúnio noun (adverse event)
Romanian
2 entries- adversitate noun (state of being adverse)
- adversitate noun (adverse event)
Russian
4 entries- бе́дствие noun (state of being adverse)
- бе́дствия noun (adverse event)
- беда́ noun (state of being adverse)
- беда́ noun (adverse event)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ana-cothrom noun (state of being adverse)
Slovak
2 entries- bieda noun (state of being adverse)
- bieda noun (adverse event)
Spanish
2 entries- adversidad noun (state of being adverse)
- adversidad noun (adverse event)
Swedish
3 entries- elände noun (state of being adverse)
- motgång noun (state of being adverse)
- motgång noun (adverse event)
Ukrainian
4 entries- біда noun (state of being adverse)
- біда noun (adverse event)
- лихо noun (state of being adverse)
- нещастя noun (state of being adverse)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghịch cảnh noun (adverse event)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity.
Source: tatoeba (19887)
Despite adversity, the ingenious man achieved worldwide fame.
Source: tatoeba (19888)
Despite adversity, the architect achieved worldwide fame.
Source: tatoeba (19889)
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