different between misery vs adversity
misery
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser. Doublet of misère.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?z(?)??/
- (General American) enPR: m?z??-r?, m?z?r?, IPA(key): /?m?z(?)?i/
- Hyphenation: mis?ery
Noun
misery (countable and uncountable, plural miseries)
- Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- (US and Britain, dialects) A bodily ache or pain.
- 1868, John Vestal Hadley, Seven Months a Prisoner, page 15:
- [...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much.
- 1868, John Vestal Hadley, Seven Months a Prisoner, page 15:
- Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
- (Extreme) poverty.
- (archaic) greed; avarice.
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:greed
Derived terms
- put out of one's misery
Related terms
- commiserate
- miser
- miserable
Translations
Anagrams
- Myries
misery From the web:
- what misery means
- what misery business about
- what misery loves company means
- what misery came to the family of naomi
- what misery in french
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adversity
English
Etymology
From Old French adversité, from Latin adversit?tem, the accusative singular of adversit?s, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advert? (“I turn toward”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /æd?v?.s?.ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æd?v??.s?.ti/
- Hyphenation: ad?ver?si?ty
Noun
adversity (usually uncountable, plural adversities)
- (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
- (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
Synonyms
- nakba
Antonyms
- (adverse event): fortuity
Related terms
- adverse
- adversely
Translations
adversity From the web:
- what adversity mean
- what adversity have you faced
- what adversity teaches us
- what adversity have you encountered in your life
- what adversity does taggart face
- what adversity did malala face
- what adversity have you encountered
- what adversity taught me
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