misfortunes [mis-fawr-chuhn]
Main Entry:
misfortune/mishap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad luck; disaster
Synonyms: accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casuality, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, stroke of bad luck, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck
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Main Entry: misfortune
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
adverse, ambsace, badly off, behindhand, born under an evil star, born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth, calamitous, clouded, decayed, deplorable, devoted, dire, disastrous, down in the world, hapless, ill, ill, improsperous, in a bad way, in adverse circumstances, in an evil plight, in one's utmost need, in trouble, infaust, luckless, on its last legs, on the road to ruin, on the wane, out of luck, planet, quisby, random, ruinous, seismic, stygian, unblest, under a cloud, undone, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unprosperous, untoward, widdershins
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
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
Main Entry: affliction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hurt condition; something that causes hurt
Synonyms: adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe
Antonyms: aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief
Main Entry: bad luck
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rotten break
Synonyms: adversity, bad break, blow, devil's own luck, hard cheese, hard luck, hard time, hardship, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, raw deal, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough break, tough luck, tragedy
Main Entry: bad news
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trouble
Synonyms: bind, bother, concern, danger, deep trouble, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe
Main Entry: bereavement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death; loss
Synonyms: affliction, deprivation, distress, misfortune, sorrow, tribulation
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
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