Adversity: alternatives and connections

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

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An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity…

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An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.

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Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

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The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere dir…

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Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

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Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distin…

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Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distin…

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That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

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