Synonym: affliction, disaster, distress, grief, hardship, misfortune, trouble. Antonym: prosperity. Similar words: diversity, adverse, adversary, advert, version, ever since, inadvertent, advertising. Meaning: [əd'vɜːsətɪ] 
n. 1. a state of misfortune or affliction 2. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event.
n. 1. a state of misfortune or affliction 2. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event. 
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61. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. Publilius Syrus 
62. Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. Victor Hugo
63. There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli
64. His courage and resilience in the face of adversity.
65. Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
66. Adversity tests the sincerity of friends. Aesop
67. We were looking for a professional who understands adversity.
68. At one time or other, we all face adversity.
69. In adversity remember to keep an even mind. Horace
70. Adversity is the first path to truth. Lord Byron
71. Wade has shown great resilience in times of adversity.
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72. If you decide and will not to be defeated by hardship and adversity, good things will happen. Dr T.P.Chia
73. But they also came to represent admired qualities: strength, longevity and triumph over adversity.
74. The consequences that flow from our actions are life lessons designed to teach us how to cope with adversity.
75. The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame. Charles Caleb Colton
76. We've been through a lot of adversity as a team.
77. More wisdom is acquired by people during hardship and adversity - and what is learned from failure tends to make people wiser. Dr T.P.Chia
78. As a young girl in the Burrows this method had saved her on more than one occasion from a corner of adversity.
79. Why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems? When troubles come, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
80. This adversity he turned to good advantage, for here was time to devote to his beloved natural history.
81. The next time you hear a native-born athlete complain about adversity, remember Livan Hernandez and laugh in his face.
82. Chris Patten deserves an award for endurance as well as resilience in the face of adversity.
83. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation. George Washington
84. The more you learn from hardship and adversity, the more you are equipped to face the future. Dr T.P.Chia
85. If you have faced adversity, learn from those troubled times and begin again.
86. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
87. Children today seem less willing to seek out challenges and persevere in the face of adversity.
88. I absolutely stared into the face of adversity and shined like the diamond in a mud pile that I am.
89. They have an uncanny way of escalating minor adversity into major confrontations and luring coworkers into the toxic circle of conflict.
90. In other words, they make him feel less helpless in the face of adversity.
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