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accident, calamity, disaster, downfall, misadventure* * *(en -r)( ulykkestilfælde) accident ( fx he has had an accident; he was killed in an accident),( sammenstød, flynedstyrtning) crash;( større) disaster,( mere omfattende) catastrophe,(F el. spøg.) calamity ( fx the murder of the President was a public calamity; it would be a calamity if I lost it);( mere generelt, F) misfortune ( fx it was his misfortune to marry the wrong woman; the early loss of his parents was a great misfortune);( modgang) trouble,F adversity ( fx show courage in adversity);( nød) distress,( elendighed, sorg) misery;( skade) harm ( fx I see no harm in that; where is the harm in that);( uheld) bad luck ( fx it has brought me nothing but bad luck);[ ulykken er at] the trouble is that, the unfortunate thing is that;[ det betyder ulykke] it is bad luck ( fx to break a mirror), it brings one bad luck ( fx breaking a mirror brings one seven years' bad luck);[ gid du må få al landsens ulykker] confound you![ grim som en ulykke] ugly as sin;[ gøre en ulykke på sig selv] do away with oneself;[ det blev hans ulykke] it ruined him (el. his life);[ det har været hans ulykke] that has been his misfortune;[ bringe én i ulykke] get somebody into trouble;[ komme i ulykke] get into trouble;[ en ulykke kommer sjældent alene] misfortunes rarely (, oftest dog: never) come singly;[ lave ulykker] do harm,( om barn) make mischief;[ ulykken er ikke så stor] there is no great harm done;[ til al ulykke] as ill-luck would have it, unfortunately. -
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pl troubles, hardship(s),F adversity.
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Adversity — Ad*ver si*ty, n.; pl. {Adversities}. [OE. adversite, F. adversit[ e], fr. L. adversitas.] 1. Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Syn: Affliction; distress;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adversity — (n.) c.1200, aduersite misfortune, hardship, difficulty, from O.Fr. aversité adversity, calamity, misfortune; hostility, wickedness, malice (Mod.Fr. adversité), from L. adversitatem (nom. adversitas) opposition, from adversus (see ADVERSE (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
adversity — I noun adverse circumstances, adverse fortune, affliction, bale, calamitas, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, difficulty, disaster, distress, hardship, injuriousness, injury, misadventure, mischance, miseria, misfortune, mishap, oppression,… … Law dictionary
adversity — *misfortune, mischance, mishap Analogous words: *trial, tribulation, affliction: *distress, misery, suffering: *poverty, privation, indigence, destitution Antonyms: prosperity Contrasted words: felicity, *h … New Dictionary of Synonyms
adversity — [n] bad luck, situation affliction, bad break*, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch*, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer*, drag*, evil eye*, hard knocks*, hardship, hard times, hurting, ill fortune, jam … New thesaurus
adversity — ► NOUN (pl. adversities) ▪ difficulty; misfortune … English terms dictionary
adversity — [ad vʉr′sə tē, ədvʉr′sə tē] n. [ME < OFr adversité, aversite < L adversitas < adversus, ADVERSE] 1. a state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble 2. pl. adversities an instance of misfortune; calamity … English World dictionary
adversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill fortune Nouns 1. (difficulty) adversity, affliction; bad, ill, adverse, or hard luck or fortune, Weltschmerz; evil lot; force majeur, frowns of fortune; evil star or genius; ups and downs of life,… … English dictionary for students
adversity — noun VERB + ADVERSITY ▪ be faced with, meet with ▪ When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up. ▪ overcome, triumph over PREPOSITION ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Adversity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Adversity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 adversity adversity evil &c. 619 Sgm: N 1 failure failure &c. 732 Sgm: N 1 bad luck bad luck ill luck evil luck adverse luck hard fortune … English dictionary for students
adversity — n. to face; overcome adversity * * * [əd vɜːsɪtɪ] overcome adversity to face … Combinatory dictionary
