Synonyms for misfortune
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mis-fawr-chuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈfɔr tʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for misfortune
- accident
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- casualty
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- 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
Définition of misfortune
Origin :- mid-15c., from mis- (1) + fortune. Related: Misfortunate.
- noun disaster
- The misfortune was that this was the only thing they cared to possess.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I like him all the better for his misfortune, and so I am sure will my sister.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It was quite possible that some misfortune might have happened.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Misfortune had driven them into the earth; it would be fortune to stay there.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- What is the matter with you, dear Angélique, and what misfortune makes you weep?
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Brother, you'll be the cause that some misfortune will happen here.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- What a misfortune not to take a clyster prescribed by Mr. Purgon!
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- If she only went out-of-doors for a few moments, he considered it a misfortune.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- I had learned to accept the misfortune of being no longer loved by you.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Was it but another devilish trick of the misfortune that pursued him?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Antonyms for misfortune
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