noun
- natural changes and variations that occur in life or in a particular situation; ups and downs
Usage: formal; usually plural
Examples
- The vicissitudes of the stock market can be unpredictable.
- She weathered the vicissitudes of her career with grace.
- The novel chronicles the vicissitudes of family life over three generations.
- Despite the vicissitudes of fortune, he remained optimistic.
- The company survived the vicissitudes of the economic downturn.
- Life’s vicissitudes taught her to appreciate the good times.