adversity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A difficult or unpleasant situation; serious trouble or hardship.

   She showed great courage in the face of adversity.

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

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