adversity

CEFRC1

/ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A difficult or unpleasant situation.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An event that is adverse; calamity.

Examples

  • She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity.

  • We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ædˈvɝ.sɪ.ɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

More examples

In context

  • God approves all adversity. Not all adversity that the Christian encounters is due to sins in the Christian's life. Not all adversity is the fault of the Christian.

  • 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.

  • These are the people who will overcome the adversity, chaos, and destruction of combat and defeat the enemy in war.

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Origin

noun

From Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, the accusative singular of adversitās, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advertō (“to turn toward”).