Misadventure Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭsəd-vĕnchər
An unexpected and usually undesirable event
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. accident
  2. casualty
  3. contretemps
  4. mischance
  5. misfortune
  6. mishap
Antonyms:
  1. good-luck
  2. good-fortune
  3. blessing
  4. success
  5. triumph

Words Related to Misadventure

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Misadventure Sentence Examples

  • But this misadventure only stimulated him.

  • An inquest jury has returned a verdict of misadventure on a prisoner found hanging in a cell at Bedford jail.

  • Beauregard thereupon decided to extricate his sorely-tried troops from the misadventure, and retired fighting on Corinth.

  • She could not afford to sleep long after her misadventure in Corcoran so she let herself doze for a short time before seeking out Hilden with questions she should have asked long ago.

  • In March Babington, pursuing De la Rey after the latter's Lichtenburg misadventure, captured three guns and six maxims near Ventersdorp. In April Plumer occupied Pietersburg, the last remaining seat of government open to the enemy.

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