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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishment |
| Synonyms: | amends, amercement, cost, damages, disadvantage, discipline, dues, fall, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, mortification, mulct, price, rap, retribution |
| Antonyms: | award, forgiveness, pardon, reward |
| Main Entry: | snag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication in situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bar, barrier, blockade, brake, bug*, catch, clog, crimp, cropper, crunch, curb, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, fix*, glitch, hamper, hitch, holdup, hole*, hurdle, impediment, inconvenience, knot, obstacle, obstruction, pickle, problem, puzzler, scrape, spot, stumbling block, the rub, tight spot |
| Antonyms: | advantage, convenience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unluck, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
| Antonyms: | piece of luck |
| Main Entry: | deprival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deprivation |
| Synonyms: | denial, disadvantage, dispossession, hardship, lack, privation, want |
| Main Entry: | haplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardshi |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incommodiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, difficulty, disadvantage, discomfort, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, incommodity, nuisance, pain*, stew, trial, trouble, troublesomeness, uneasiness, unfitness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness, unwieldiness, upset, vexation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incommodity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, difficulty, disadvantage, discomfort, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, incommodiousness, nuisance, pain*, stew, trial, trouble, troublesomeness, uneasiness, unfitness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness, unwieldiness, upset, vexation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misplacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss |
| Synonyms: | accident, bad luck, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cost, damage, death, debit, debt, defeat, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, disaster, dispossession, failure, fall, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, losing, misadventure, mishap, mislaying, misplacing, need, perdition, privation, retardation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, squandering, trial, trouble, undoing, want, waste, wreckage |
| Main Entry: | unfortunateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, haplessness, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unluck, unluckiness, unpleasantness, untowardness, visitation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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