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Synonyms for adversity
noun bad luck, situation

disaster
crunch
misfortune
hardship
sorrow
suffering
mishap
difficulty
calamity

misery
trouble
catastrophe
reverse
clutch
contretemps
poison
trial
drag

jam
bummer
affliction
downer
jinx
distress
can of worms
evil eye
hard knocks

kiss of death
pain in the neck
hard times
hurting
bad break
ill fortune
on the skids
the worst
tough luck

Antonyms for adversities

good luck
miracle
success
advantage
assistance
favor
profit
happiness
joy

contentment
boon
health
aid
encouragement
prosperity
blessing
good fortune
wonder

benefit
ease
peace
pleasure
comfort
fortune
help

Concept Thesaurus for word adversities
Synonyms – noun

adversity, evil
evil luck
hard luck
evil star
hard case
peck of troubles
hardship
load
evil day
sad times
gathering clouds
affliction (painfulness)
the sport of fortune.
misfortune
accident
check
comedown
fall
undoing

failure
adverse luck
hard lot
evil genius
hard lines
hell upon earth
curse
pressure.
time out of joint
rainy day
ill wind
bitter pill
mishap
disaster
casualty
contretemps
setback [U.S.].
downfall
extremity

bad luck
hard fortune
frowns of fortune
ups and downs of life
hard life
slough of despond.
blight
pressure of the times
hard times
cloud
visitation
care
mischance
calamity
cross
rub
losing game
ruination
ruin (destruction)

ill luck
hard hap
evil dispensation
broken fortunes
sea of troubles
trouble
blast
iron age
bad times
dark cloud
infliction
trial
misadventure
catastrophe
reverse
backset
falling
ruinousness

Synonyms – verbs

be ill off
go on ill
go to the dogs
sink
bring down one’s gray hairs with sorrow to the grave
bring a wasp’s nest about one’s ears

go hard with
not prosper
fall
decline
come to grief
bring a hornet’s nest about one’s ears.

fall on evil
go downhill
fall from one’s high estate
go down in the world
be all over

fall on evil days
go to rack and ruin (destruction)[more]
decay
have seen better days
be up with

Synonyms – adjectives

unfortunate
improsperous
hapless
in an evil plight
badly off
down in the world
on its last legs
devoted
ill-starred
disastrous
deplorable.

unblest
unprosperous
out of luck
under a cloud
in adverse circumstances
decayed
on the wane
born under an evil star
ill-omened.
calamitous

unhappy
hoodooed [U.S.]
in trouble
clouded
poor
undone
in one’s utmost need.
born with a wooden ladle in one’s mouth
adverse
ruinous

unlucky
luckless
in a bad way
ill off
behindhand
on the road to ruin
planet-struck
ill-fated
untoward
dire

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