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misfortunenoun bad luck or an example of thisthrough sheer misfortune our car got a flat tire and we were late for the ceremony our misfortunes of the last year included the loss of a beloved pet adversity, ill, knock, misadventure, mischance, mishap, tragedy calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disasteraffliction, hardship, trial, tribulation, woedistress, misery, suffering, unhappinessdefeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccesscurse, evil, sorrow, troubleaccident, casualtyblow, body blow, disappointment, letdown, setbackcircumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion fortune, luck, serendipity break, chance, fluke, godsend, hit, opportunity, strike, stroke, windfallaccomplishment, achievement, success misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap mean adverse fortune or an instance of this.misfortune may apply to either the incident or conjunction of events that is the cause of an unhappy change of fortune or to the ensuing state of distress.never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune mischance applies especially to a situation involving no more than slight inconvenience or minor annoyance.took the wrong road by mischance adversity applies to a state of grave or persistent misfortune.had never experienced great adversity mishap applies to an often trivial instance of bad luck.the usual mishaps of a family vacation in the 15th century |