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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unpredictable outcome |
| Synonyms: | accident, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, misadventure, miscalculation, misfortune, mishap |
| Antonyms: | good fortune |
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, blue ruin, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, holy mess, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, the worst, trial, tribulation, unholy mess, visitation, waterloo, woe, wreck, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit |
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saddening situation; letdown |
| Synonyms: | bitter pill, blind alley, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas*, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, impasse, inefficacy, lemon, miscalculation, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, old one-two, setback, slip, washout |
| Antonyms: | boost, comfort, happiness, help, miracle, pleasure, relief, success, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| 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: | hardship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal burden |
| Synonyms: | Herculean task, accident, adversity, affliction, asperity, austerity, calamity, case, catastrophe, curse, danger, destitution, difficulty, disaster, discomfort, distress, drudgery, fatigue, grief, grievance, hard knocks, hazard, injury, labor, mischance, misery, misfortune, need, oppression, peril, persecution, privation, rainy day, rigor, rotten luck, sorrow, suffering, toil, torment, tough break, tough luck, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, uphill battle, vicissitude, want, worry |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, benefit, blessing, ease, favor, gain, good, profit |
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, banefulness, damage, deleteriousness, detriment, disservice, foul play, hurt, ill, immorality, impairment, infliction, iniquity, loss, marring, mischance, mischief, misfortune, misuse, noxiousness, outrage, perniciousness, prejudice, ravage, ruin, ruination, sabotage, sin, sinfulness, vandalism, vice, violence, wear and tear, wickedness, wrong |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, good, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | misadventure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, mishap |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, bad break, blunder, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, error, failure, faux pas, ill fortune, lapse, mischance, misfortune, reverse, setback, slip, tragedy, woe |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good fortune, good luck, success, triumph |
| Main Entry: | miscarriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | abortion, botch, breakdown, defeat, error, interruption, malfunction, misadventure, mischance, misfire, mishap, miss, mistake, nonsuccess, perversion, undoing |
| Antonyms: | carriage, success |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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