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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | unluckiness |
| 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, unfortunateness, unluck, unpleasantness, untowardness, visitation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | untowardness |
| 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, unfortunateness, unluck, unluckiness, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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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
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