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What is the adjective for adversity?

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adverse
  1. Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
  2. Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
  3. (not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. unfavorable, unfavourable, bad, hostile, disadvantageous, ominous, threatening, forbidding, inauspicious, menacing, poor, terrible, unpropitious, untimely, direful, disagreeable, dreadful, foreboding, grim, inhospitable, perilous, unfortunate, unfriendly, unpleasant, unsuited, untoward, wretched, bleak, dangerous, dire, gloomy, inconvenient, infelicitous, inopportune, unlucky, inappropriate, inapt, nasty, unpromising, unseasonable, unsuitable, worrying, ill-suited, ill-fated, negative, calamitous, disastrous, destructive, inimical, harsh … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “It will take an experienced pilot to navigate these adverse weather conditions.”
      “Experts say that the new policies will have an adverse effect on the economy.”
      “These cases, however, did not appear to generate any significant adverse response from the public.”
adversarial
  1. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hostile, antagonistic, unfriendly, unsympathetic, inimical, inhospitable, negative, adversary, jaundiced, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, mortal, combative, confrontational, adverse, oppositional, accusatorial, adversative, argumentative, aggressive, ill-disposed, contrary, disapproving, bellicose, counter, pugnacious, spiteful, unfavorable, belligerent, unsociable, prejudicial, unfavourable, unkind, contentious, averse, anti, wrathful, uncongenial, virulent, truculent, oppugnant, vitriolic, disavowing, nasty, unreceptive, antisocial, malevolent, naysaying, unwelcoming … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Families engaged in contentious, highly adversarial, and prolonged conflict before and during divorce often remain embattled afterward as well.”
      “Its tone belongs to the counterproductive adversarial approach of lawyers concerned with litigation.”
      “Our inquiry is inquisitorial, it is not adversarial in conduct or indeed character.”
adverser
  1. comparative form of adverse: more adverse
  2. Synonyms:
      3. badder, poorer, terribler, grimmer, unfriendlier, unpleasanter, wretcheder, bleaker, direr, gloomier, unluckier, nastier, more unfavorable, more unfavourable, more hostile, more disadvantageous, more ominous, more threatening, more forbidding, more inauspicious, more menacing, more unpropitious, more untimely, more direful, more disagreeable, more dreadful, more foreboding, more inhospitable, more perilous, more unfortunate, more unsuited, more untoward, more dangerous, more inconvenient, more infelicitous, more inopportune, more inappropriate, more inapt, more unpromising, more unseasonable, more unsuitable, more worrying, more ill-suited, more ill-fated, harmfuller, deadlier, unhealthier, eviller … more
adversest
  1. superlative form of adverse: most adverse
  2. Synonyms:
      3. baddest, poorest, terriblest, grimmest, unfriendliest, unpleasantest, wretchedest, bleakest, direst, gloomiest, unluckiest, nastiest, most unfavorable, most unfavourable, most hostile, most disadvantageous, most ominous, most threatening, most forbidding, most inauspicious, most menacing, most unpropitious, most untimely, most direful, most disagreeable, most dreadful, most foreboding, most inhospitable, most perilous, most unfortunate, most unsuited, most untoward, most dangerous, most inconvenient, most infelicitous, most inopportune, most inappropriate, most inapt, most unpromising, most unseasonable, most unsuitable, most worrying, most ill-suited, most ill-fated, harmfullest, deadliest, unhealthiest, evillest … more
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