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misfortune

noun

1 misfortune

Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event.

synonym: bad luck.

Roget 830: painfulness etc. adj.; trouble, care etc. (pain) 828; trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, ... show more

Dutch: euvel, kanker, kwaad, ongeluk, onheil, pech, rampspoed, tegenslag
Polish: pech, niefart

2 misfortune

An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.

synonyms: bad luck, ill luck, tough luck.

Roget 735: adversity, evil etc. 619; failure etc. 732; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, ... show more

Dutch: pech, euvel, kanker, kwaad, ongeluk, onheil, rampspoed


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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