Misfortune Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭs-fôrchən
An unlucky accident
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. accident
  2. disaster
  3. bad-luck
  4. misadventure
  5. contretemps
  6. mishap
  7. mischance
  8. calamity
  9. affliction
  10. unlucky accident
  11. casualty
  12. adversity
  13. reversal
  14. ambsace
  15. disappointment
  16. bereavement
  17. setback
  18. misery
  19. catastrophe
  20. blow
  21. curse
  22. dole
  23. frustration
  24. comedown
  25. harm
  26. holocaust
  27. tough break
  28. tough-luck
  29. reverse
  30. tragedy
  31. tribulation
  32. woe
  33. trouble
  34. visitation
  35. ill-luck
Antonyms:
  1. piece of luck
  2. good-fortune
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Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. calamitous
  2. catastrophic
  3. unfortunate

Words Related to Misfortune

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. help
  2. surprise
  3. fate
  4. sorrow
  5. violent-death

Misfortune Sentence Examples

  • He had the misfortune to lose his father at the age of two.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 once again misfortune was to attend the attempt.

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