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n. Bad fortune or ill luck.

n. The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck: wanted to help those in misfortune.

n. A distressing occurrence: "Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship” ( Charlotte Charke).

n. bad luck

n. an undesirable event such as an accident

n. Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

verb-intransitive. To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.

n. Ill fortune; especially, adverse fortune for which the sufferer is not directly responsible; adversity.

n. An unfortunate event or circumstance; a mishap or accident; anything that causes harm or disappointment: as, he had the misfortune to break his leg; it was his misfortune, not his fault.

n. A lapse from virtue.

n. Synonyms Mischance, Mishap, Misfortune, Disaster, Calamity, Catastrophe, misadventure, ill, harm, reverse, blow, stroke, trouble. The first six words are arranged in the order of strength: they agree in denoting untoward events, produced by causes presumably independent of the sufferer. Mischance is the lightest word for that which is really disagreeable; a mishap may be comparatively a trivial thing; both generally apply to the experience of individuals. Misfortune is the most general of these words; a misfortune is a really serious matter; it may befall a person, family, or nation. A very serious misfortune affecting large numbers is a calamity, the central idea of which is wide-spread and general mischief. A disaster is not necessarily wide-spread; it is generally sudden, and its importance is in its effects upon other interests, as marring or ruining particular plans, hopes, courses, or conditions of things. A disaster may befall an individual; a calamity can come to an individual only by affecting his welfare largely, or bringing him into deep distress. A catastrophe is strictly a great misfortune bringing things to an end, a final crash, a finishing stroke: as, this brought on the catastrophe. See affliction.

To fall out unfortunately or unhappily; fail or miscarry.

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

n. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

"A man awakens to find himself in poverty instead of in wealth; his possessions suddenly swept away; or from health, he, or some one whose life is still dearer to him than his own, prostrated with illness; or to find himself unjustly accused or maligned, or misunderstood, or to encounter some other of the myriad phases of what he calls misfortune and tribulation."

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disaster    mishap    misadventure    harm    ill    calamity    mischance    miscarry    fail    fortune   

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calamity    misery    hardship    peril    defeat    disgrace    tragedy    sickness    embarrassment    woe