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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fell stroke, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, hard luck, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, setback, slip, stroke, the worst, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout, woe |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious |
| Synonyms: | blow, calamity, casualty, collision, crack-up, disaster, fender-bender, fluke, hazard, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, pileup, rear ender, setback, smash*, smashup, stack-up, total*, wrack-up |
| Antonyms: | intent, intention, necessity, plan, provision |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortunate event |
| Synonyms: | bad trip, bum trip, bummer, depressing experience, disaster, downer, drag*, raw deal, rotten hand, unhappy situation, unpleasant experience, unpleasant situation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad trip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unpleasant experience |
| Synonyms: | bad scene, bum trip, bummer, disaster, downer, drag*, freak-out, unhappy situation, unpleasant drug experience, unpleasant situation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause of misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, blight, burden, bête noir, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, fatal attraction, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, ruination, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | bankruptcy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | Chapter 11, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin, ruination |
| Antonyms: | richness, solvency, wealth |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | affliction, balk, bolt from the blue, bombshell, calamity, casualty, chagrin, comedown, debacle, disappointment, disaster, disgruntlement, frustration, jolt, letdown, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, reverse, setback, shock, tragedy, upset |
| Antonyms: | good fortune, luck |
| Main Entry: | bummer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad experience |
| Synonyms: | disappointment, disaster, downer, drag*, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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