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adversity
noun as in bad luck, situation
Strongest matches
calamity, catastrophe, crunch, difficulty, disaster, hard times, hardship, misery, misfortune, mishap, sorrow, suffering, trouble
Strong matches
affliction, bummer, clutch, contretemps, distress, downer, drag, hurting, jam, jinx, poison, reverse, trial
Weak matches
bad break, bad thing, can of worms, evil eye, hard knocks, ill fortune, kiss of death, on the skids, pain in the neck, the worst, tough luck
Example Sentences
"This game doesn't care about adversity. It just cares about the repeated efforts you put in," she said.
After back-to-back grueling seasons, the Dodgers celebrated a hard-won division title and hope their regular season adversity fuels a playoff run.
About a six-month slog in which frustration and adversity were around every corner.
“But I think that as we’ve gotten to the other side of it … guys have stuck together and they’ve come out of it stronger, which a lot of the times, that’s what adversity does.”
The Dodgers have the strength to rise out of what seems like constant adversity?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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