Misfortune
21misfortune — /mis fawr cheuhn/, n. 1. adverse fortune; bad luck. 2. an instance of this; mischance; mishap. [1400 50; late ME. See MIS 1, FORTUNE] Syn. 2. accident; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; reverse; blow. See affliction. * * * …
22misfortune — noun a) bad luck b) an undesirable event such as an accident …
23misfortune — Synonyms and related words: accident, adversity, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack up, crash, cross, disaster, dole, grief, hard luck, ill fortune, ill hap, ill luck, infelicity,… …
24misfortune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mishap, disaster, calamity, catastrophe; bad luck; adversity. See evil. Ant., good fortune. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Bad luck] Syn. back luck, ill fortune, ill luck, adversity, affliction, adverse… …
25misfortune — mɪs fÉ”rtʃən / fÉ”Ë n. bad luck, tragedy, hardship, disaster, adversity …
26misfortune — noun bad luck. ↘an unfortunate event …
27misfortune — n. Disaster, calamity, reverse, affliction, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, adversity, distress, hardship, trouble, ill luck, ill fortune, mishap, mischance, misadventure, ill, harm …
28misfortune — noun the loss of their home in the flood was only the first of several misfortunes Syn: problem, difficulty, setback, trouble, adversity, stroke of bad luck, reversal (of fortune), misadventure, mishap, blow, failure, accident, disaster,… …
29misfortune — n 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, woe, ruin, ruination, Archaic. bale; infelicity; ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark cloud or star, storm clouds; trouble, the devil to pay; trial, tribulation, burden,… …
30misfortune — mis·fortune …
