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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,
load,
curse;
bitter pill,
bitter draught;
waters of bitterness.
annoyance,
grievance,
nuisance,
vexation,
mortification,
sickener†;
bore,
bother,
pother,
hot water,
sea of troubles"
[Hamlet],
hornet's nest,
plague,
pest.
cancer,
ulcer,
sting,
thorn;
canker
etc.
(bane)
663;
scorpion
etc.
(evil doer)
913;
dagger
etc.
(arms)
727;
scourge
etc.
(instrument of punishment)
975;
carking care,
canker worm of care.
mishap,
misfortune
etc.
(adversity)
735;
desagrement [Fr.],
esclandre [Fr.],
rub.
source of irritation,
source of annoyance;
wound,
open sore;
sore subject,
skeleton in the closet;
thorn in the flesh,
thorn in one's side;
where the shoe pinches,
gall and wormwood.
sorry sight,
heavy news,
provocation;
affront
etc.
929;
head and front of one's offending"
[Othello].
infestation,
molestation;
malignity
etc.
(malevolence)
907.
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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,
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.
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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, ill luck, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, reverse, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, visitation, wreck ... show more.
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