Synonyms for mischance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mis-chans, -chahns

Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑns

Définition of mischance

Origin : c.1300, from Old French mescheance "misfortune, mishap, accident; wickedness, malice," from Vulgar Latin *minuscadentiam; see mis- (2) + chance (n.). Now usually "bad luck;" formerly much stronger: "calamity, disaster."

noun unpredictable outcome

Example sentences :

We can convey the intelligence of your mischance to her: the porter will befriend you.
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

By some mischance, it had been left lying on the parlour floor, and become forgotten.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Arriving in Damascus they both stay at the same Hotel: mischance second.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

But, first of all, we must beware lest we meet with some mischance.
Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato

Now we have wept over our mischance, we will bury it and look to the future.
Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

The mischance was his own doing; let him find the remedy himself.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

Had she heard, by any mischance, that impertinent phrase by which I designated her?
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

It was a mischance, sir, but so far as I can see one that might have happened to anybody.
Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

The Lion said to the Fox, "It is not thou who revilest me; but this mischance which has befallen me."
Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop

It was given to me, but by some mischance was lost or stolen.
Extract from : « Rdan The Devil And Other Stories » by Louis Becke

Antonyms for mischance

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