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S: (n) destiny (destiny%1:11:00::), fate (fate%1:11:00::) (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)

S: (n) destiny (destiny%1:18:00::), fate (fate%1:18:00::) (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 (fortune%1:26:00::), destiny (destiny%1:26:00::), fate (fate%1:26:00::), luck (luck%1:26:00::), lot (lot%1:26:00::), circumstances (circumstances%1:26:02::), portion (portion%1:26:00::) (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 (good_fortune%1:26:00::), luckiness (luckiness%1:26:00::), good luck (good_luck%1:26:00::) (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)

S: (n) prosperity (prosperity%1:26:00::), successfulness (successfulness%1:26:00::) (the condition of prospering; having good fortune)

S: (n) wellbeing (wellbeing%1:26:00::), well-being (well-being%1:26:00::), welfare (welfare%1:26:00::), upbeat (upbeat%1:26:00::), eudaemonia (eudaemonia%1:26:00::), eudaimonia (eudaimonia%1:26:00::) (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 (fool's_paradise%1:26:00::) (an illusory state of wellbeing)
S: (n) health (health%1:26:00::), wellness (wellness%1:26:00::) (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease) "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"

S: (n) strength (strength%1:26:01::) (the condition of financial success) "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
S: (n) success (success%1:26:00::) (a state of prosperity or fame) "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

S: (n) big time (big_time%1:26:00::) (the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment))
S: (n) pay dirt (pay_dirt%1:26:00::) (a profitable success) "the inventor worked for years before hitting pay dirt"

S: (n) blessing (blessing%1:26:00::), boon (boon%1:26:00::) (a desirable state) "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"

S: (n) mercy (mercy%1:26:00::) (something for which to be thankful) "it was a mercy we got out alive"

S: (n) providence (providence%1:26:00::) (a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures)
S: (n) misfortune (misfortune%1:26:00::), bad luck (bad_luck%1:26:00::), tough luck (tough_luck%1:26:00::), ill luck (ill_luck%1:26:00::) (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)

S: (n) weakness (weakness%1:26:01::) (the condition of being financially weak) "the weakness of the dollar against the yen"
S: (n) adversity (adversity%1:26:00::), hardship (hardship%1:26:01::), hard knocks (hard_knocks%1:26:00::) (a state of misfortune or affliction) "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

S: (n) ill-being (ill-being%1:26:00::) (lack of prosperity or happiness or health)

S: (n) misery (misery%1:26:00::), wretchedness (wretchedness%1:26:00::), miserableness (miserableness%1:26:00::) (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune) "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

S: (n) catastrophe (catastrophe%1:26:00::), disaster (disaster%1:26:00::) (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 (extremity%1:26:02::) (an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease))

S: (n) bitter end (bitter_end%1:26:00::) (the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be)) "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

S: (n) distress (distress%1:26:01::) (a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)) "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

S: (n) anguish (anguish%1:26:00::) (extreme distress of body or mind)
S: (n) pressure (pressure%1:26:01::) (an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress)
S: (n) throe (throe%1:26:02::) (hard or painful trouble or struggle) "a country in the throes of economic collapse"

S: (n) affliction (affliction%1:26:02::) (a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity)

S: (n) cross (cross%1:26:00::), crown of thorns (crown_of_thorns%1:26:00::) (any affliction that causes great suffering) "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

S: (n) victimization (victimization%1:26:00::) (adversity resulting from being made a victim) "his victimization infuriated him"
S: (n) nadir (nadir%1:26:00::), low-water mark (low-water_mark%1:26:00::) (an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything)

S: (n) gutter (gutter%1:26:00::), sewer (sewer%1:26:00::), toilet (toilet%1:26:00::) (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 (hard_cheese%1:26:00::) (bad luck)

S: (n) failure (failure%1:26:00::) (lack of success) "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

S: (n) bankruptcy (bankruptcy%1:26:01::) (a state of complete lack of some abstract property) "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
S: (n) bank failure (bank_failure%1:26:00::) (the inability of a bank to meet its credit obligations)
S: (n) crop failure (crop_failure%1:26:00::) (the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus)
S: (n) dead duck (dead_duck%1:26:00::) (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"