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Misfortune synonyms

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ill-luck
Bad luck; misluck; misfortune.
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  1. Bad luck; misluck; misfortune.
  2. Alternative form of ill luck.
adversity
An instance of misfortune; calamity
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  1. An instance of misfortune; calamity
  2. A state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble
  3. A calamitous event.
affliction
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
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  1. Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
  2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:
trouble
A person, circumstance, or event that causes annoyance, distress, difficulty, etc.
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  1. A person, circumstance, or event that causes annoyance, distress, difficulty, etc.
  2. A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction:
  3. A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need:
hardship
(Countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
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  1. (Countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
  2. The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.
  3. A thing hard to bear; specific cause of discomfort or suffering, as poverty, pain, etc.
disadvantage
Something that places one in an unfavorable condition or position:
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  1. Something that places one in an unfavorable condition or position:
  2. Damage or loss, especially to reputation or finances; detriment:
  3. Loss or injury, as to reputation or credit; detriment
mischance
An unlucky accident; misadventure
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  1. An unlucky accident; misadventure
  2. Bad luck or an instance of it
  3. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
disappointment
A person or thing that disappoints
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  1. A person or thing that disappoints
  2. A disappointing or being disappointed
  3. The condition or feeling of being disappointed.
reversal
(Sports) A maneuver in wrestling in which a competitor being controlled by the opponent suddenly reverses the situation and gains control.
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  1. (Sports) A maneuver in wrestling in which a competitor being controlled by the opponent suddenly reverses the situation and gains control.
  2. A usually adverse change in fortune:
  3. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
setback
An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
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  1. An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
  2. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
  3. (Architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
vexatiousness
The state of being vexatious.
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  1. The state of being vexatious.
discomfort
Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.
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  1. Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.
  2. Anything causing this
  3. Lack of comfort; uneasiness; inconvenience
distress
Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time:
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  1. Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time:
  2. Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury:
  3. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance:
loss
A losing or being lost
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  1. A losing or being lost
  2. The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone:
  3. The amount of something lost:
unpleasantness
(Countable) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
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  1. (Countable) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
  2. An unpleasant situation, relationship, etc.
  3. An unpleasant experience or situation.
untowardness
(Uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
  2. (Countable) Something untoward.
worry
A troubled state of mind; anxiety; distress; care; uneasiness
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  1. A troubled state of mind; anxiety; distress; care; uneasiness
  2. Something that causes anxiety
  3. The act of worrying or the condition of being worried; persistent mental uneasiness:
anxiety
A cause of anxiety:
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  1. A cause of anxiety:
  2. (Psychiatry) An abnormal state like this, characterized by a feeling of being powerless and unable to cope with threatening events, typically imaginary, and by physical tension, as shown by sweating, trembling, etc.
  3. A state of apprehension and fear resulting from the anticipation of a threatening event or situation. &diamf3; In psychiatry, a patient has an anxiety disorder &diamf3; if normal psychological functioning is disrupted or if anxiety persists without an identifiable cause.
hard knocks
The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments:
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  1. The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments:
mishap
Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
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  1. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
  2. An accident, mistake, or problem.
  3. An unlucky or unfortunate accident
calamity
Deep trouble or misery
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  1. Deep trouble or misery
  2. Any extreme misfortune bringing great loss and sorrow; disaster
  3. An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster:
accident
An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm:
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  1. An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm:
  2. (Law) An unforeseen event that occurs without anyone's fault or negligence
  3. An unforeseen event that is not the result of intention or has no apparent cause:
misadventure
An unlucky accident; mishap; an instance of bad luck
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  1. An unlucky accident; mishap; an instance of bad luck
  2. (Eng. Law) Death caused accidentally by someone while performing a legal act and with no intent to injure
  3. An accident or unlucky event.
disaster
Any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious or sudden misfortune; calamity
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  1. Any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious or sudden misfortune; calamity
  2. (Obsolete) An evil influence of a star or planet.
  3. An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
reversal
The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
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  1. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
  2. A usually adverse change in fortune:
  3. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
disappointment
A person or thing that disappoints
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  1. A person or thing that disappoints
  2. The condition or feeling of being disappointed.
  3. (Uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.
setback
An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
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  1. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
  2. An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
  3. (Architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
mischance
Bad luck or an instance of it
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  1. Bad luck or an instance of it
  2. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
  3. An unlucky accident; misadventure
blow
The state of blossoming:
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  1. The state of blossoming:
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. A mass of blossoms:
contretemps
An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event; a hitch
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  1. An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event; a hitch
  2. An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an inopportune occurrence.
  3. An inopportune happening causing confusion or embarrassment; awkward mishap
comedown
A fall to a low or lower status or position, as of power or wealth
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  1. A fall to a low or lower status or position, as of power or wealth
  2. A cause of disappointment or depression.
  3. A feeling of disappointment or depression.
adversity
An instance of misfortune; calamity
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  1. An instance of misfortune; calamity
  2. A state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble
  3. A calamitous event.
haplessness
The characteristic of being hapless.
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  1. The characteristic of being hapless.
unfortunateness
The quality of being unfortunate; bad luck; mischance.
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  1. The quality of being unfortunate; bad luck; mischance.
unluckiness
The state, quality, or condition of being unlucky or unfortunate; misfortune.
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  1. The state, quality, or condition of being unlucky or unfortunate; misfortune.
untowardness
(Uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
  2. (Countable) Something untoward.
accident
An unforeseen event that is not the result of intention or has no apparent cause:
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  1. An unforeseen event that is not the result of intention or has no apparent cause:
  2. A collision involving a motor vehicle
  3. An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm:
casualty
An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
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  1. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
  2. Anyone hurt or killed in an accident
  3. The harm to an individual or property as a result of a sudden, unexpected, or unusual event.
contretemps
An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event; a hitch
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  1. An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event; a hitch
  2. An inopportune happening causing confusion or embarrassment; awkward mishap
  3. An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an inopportune occurrence.
misadventure
(Eng. Law) Death caused accidentally by someone while performing a legal act and with no intent to injure
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  1. (Eng. Law) Death caused accidentally by someone while performing a legal act and with no intent to injure
  2. An unlucky accident; mishap; an instance of bad luck
  3. An accident or unlucky event.
mischance
Bad luck or an instance of it
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  1. Bad luck or an instance of it
  2. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
  3. An unlucky accident; misadventure
mishap
An accident, mistake, or problem.
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  1. An accident, mistake, or problem.
  2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
  3. An unfortunate accident.
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  • He had the misfortune to lose his father at the age of two.

  • A misfortune for life?

  • But hearing of his misfortune they retreated before Napoleon's advance along the right bank of the Danube to Krems, where they crossed the river and withdrew to an entrenched camp near Olmi tz to pick up fresh Austrian reinforcements.

  • In spite of this misfortune, Napoleon could claim a brilliant success for himself, but almost at the same moment news reached him that Oudinot at Grossbeeren near Berlin, and Macdonald on the Katzbach opposed to Blucher, had both been severely defeated.

  • But he did not allow his misfortune to put a stop to his work, and in 1708 produced a large Dictionnaire universel geographique et historique in three volumes folio.

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