An unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury.

Roget 6: extrinsicality^†, objectiveness, non ego; extraneousness etc. 57; accident; appearance, phenomenon etc. 448.   

Roget 151: eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact; matter of fact; naked fact, bare facts, just the facts; phenomenon; advent.    business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion) 143.    the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of accidents etc. (chance) 156; situation etc. (circumstances) 8.    ... show more

Roget 156: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc^†, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate etc. (necessity) 601; equal chance; lottery; tombola^†; toss up etc. 621; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes^†, sortes Virgilianae^†.    probability, possibility, odds; long odds, run of luck; accidentalness; main chance, odds on, favorable odds.    contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475; situation (circumstance) 8.    statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances; bookmaking; assurance; speculation, gaming etc. 621.    ... show more

Roget 735: adversity, evil etc. 619; failure etc. 732; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot; frowns of fortune; evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius^†; vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes; hard case, hard lines, hard life; sea of troubles; peck of troubles; hell upon earth; slough of despond.    trouble, hardship, curse, blight, blast, load, pressure.    pressure of the times, iron age, evil day, time out of joint; hard times, bad times, sad times; rainy day, cloud, dark cloud, gathering clouds, ill wind; visitation, infliction; affliction etc. (painfulness) 830; bitter pill; care, trial; the sport of fortune.    mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub; backset^†, comedown, setback [U.S.].    losing game; falling etc. v.; fall, downfall; ruination, ruinousness; undoing; extremity; ruin etc. (destruction) 162.    ... show more

Dutch: accident, malheur, ongeluk, ongeval, toeval, toevallig
Polish: incydent, wypadek

Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause:
— Winning the lottery was a happy accident.
— It was due to an accident or fortuity.

synonyms: chance event, fortuity, stroke.

Roget 619: evil, ill, harm, hurt.   , mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to.    blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus [Lat.]; damage, loss etc. (deterioration) 659.    disadvantage, prejudice, drawback.    disaster, accident, casualty; mishap etc. (misfortune) 735; bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin etc. (destruction) 162; adversity etc. 735.    mental suffering etc. 828.    demon etc. 980.    (Evil spirit) bane, etc. 663 (cause of evil). badness, etc. 649 (Production of Evil); painfulness, etc. 830; evil doer, etc. 913.    outrage, wrong, injury, foul play; bad turn, ill turn; disservice, spoliation etc. 791; grievance, crying evil.    ... show more

Dutch: accident, voorval, zaak
Polish: casus, kazus, przypadek, traf, zrządzenie losu