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S: (n) destiny, fate (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)

S: (n) destiny, fate (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)) "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
S: (n) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)) "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

S: (n) good fortune, luckiness, good luck (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)

S: (n) prosperity, successfulness (the condition of prospering; having good fortune)

S: (n) wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia (a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous) "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"

S: (n) fool's paradise (an illusory state of wellbeing)
S: (n) health, wellness (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease) "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"

S: (n) strength (the condition of financial success) "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
S: (n) success (a state of prosperity or fame) "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

S: (n) big time (the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment))
S: (n) pay dirt (a profitable success) "the inventor worked for years before hitting pay dirt"

S: (n) blessing, boon (a desirable state) "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"

S: (n) mercy (something for which to be thankful) "it was a mercy we got out alive"

S: (n) providence (a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures)
S: (n) misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)

S: (n) weakness (the condition of being financially weak) "the weakness of the dollar against the yen"
S: (n) adversity, hardship, hard knocks (a state of misfortune or affliction) "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

S: (n) misery, wretchedness, miserableness (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune) "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

S: (n) concentration camp (a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions)
S: (n) living death (a state of constant misery)
S: (n) suffering, woe (misery resulting from affliction)

S: (n) catastrophe, disaster (a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune) "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
S: (n) extremity (an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease))

S: (n) bitter end (the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be)) "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

S: (n) distress (a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)) "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

S: (n) anguish (extreme distress of body or mind)
S: (n) pressure (an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress)
S: (n) throe (hard or painful trouble or struggle) "a country in the throes of economic collapse"

S: (n) cross, crown of thorns (any affliction that causes great suffering) "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

S: (n) victimization (adversity resulting from being made a victim) "his victimization infuriated him"
S: (n) nadir, low-water mark (an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything)

S: (n) gutter, sewer, toilet (misfortune resulting in lost effort or money) "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"
S: (n) hard cheese (bad luck)

S: (n) failure (lack of success) "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

S: (n) bankruptcy (a state of complete lack of some abstract property) "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
S: (n) bank failure (the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations)
S: (n) crop failure (the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus)
S: (n) dead duck (something doomed to failure) "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"

S: (v) destine, fate, doom, designate (decree or designate beforehand) "She was destined to become a great pianist"