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
- 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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