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Synonyms for MISFORTUNE
mɪsˈfɔr tʃənmis·for·tune
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
misfortune
Misfortune is adverse fortune or any instance thereof, any untoward event, usually of lingering character or consequences, and such as the sufferer is not deemed directly responsible for; as, he had the misfortune to be born blind. Any considerable disappointment, failure, or misfortune, as regards outward circumstances, as loss of fortune, position, and the like, when long continued or attended with enduring consequences, constitutes adversity. For the loss of friends by death we commonly use affliction or bereavement. Calamity and disaster are used of sudden and severe misfortunes, often overwhelming; ill fortune and ill luck, of lighter troubles and failures. We speak of the misery of the poor, the hardships of the soldier. Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design. Affliction may be keen and bitter, but brief; tribulation is long and wearing. We speak of an affliction, but rarely of a tribulation, since tribulation is viewed as a continuous process, which may endure for years or for a lifetime; but we speak of our daily trials. Compare CATASTROPHE.
Synonyms:
adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, failure, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitationAntonyms:
blessing, boon, comfort, consolation, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph
Princeton's WordNet
misfortune, bad lucknoun
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
Synonyms:
mishap, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, mischance, bad luckAntonyms:
good fortune, good luck, luckinessmisfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill lucknoun
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
Synonyms:
mishap, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, mischance, bad luckAntonyms:
good fortune, luckiness, good luck
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bad news
Dictionary of English Synonymes
misfortunenoun
Synonyms:
disaster, calamity, reverse, affliction, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, adversity, distress, hardship, trouble, ill-luck, ill fortune
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
misfortunenoun
Synonyms:
disaster, calamity, frustration, mischance, reverse, affliction, mishap, bad luck
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "misfortune":
woe, unhappiness, misery, disgrace, accident, doom, misadventure, disaster
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1452 | trial | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2540 | blow | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#3865 | accident | |
#4134 | disaster | |
#4320 | ill | |
#5586 | stroke | |
#6159 | harm | |
#8838 | doom | |
#12669 | distress | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14621 | sorrow | |
#15487 | misery | |
#15535 | disappointment | |
#15960 | visitation | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#25704 | woe | |
#25754 | bereavement | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#30603 | adversity | |
#31190 | misfortune | |
#34052 | calamity | |
#36859 | tribulation | |
#37535 | affliction | |
#43262 | mishap | |
#48275 | unhappiness | |
#81876 | misadventure | |
#82122 | chastisement | |
#194474 | chastening | |
#246182 | mischance |
How to use MISFORTUNE in a sentence?
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
I think that what's happening seriously is a COVID malaise, i really believe that if we had been beating the disease this holiday season, people would be upbeat … It's something that preoccupies everybody. With … the uncertainties of the disease I think that the country's in a very sour mood and Joe Biden['s] … misfortune is [being] on the receiving end of that.
I had the misfortune of being in a leftist riot as a student, and I wouldn’t want to put my children or anyone else’s children into that situation without assurances that law enforcement would protect them.
Translations for MISFORTUNE
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- مصيبة, شقوةArabic
- Ungemach, Unglück, Pech, Unheil, Unfall, MißgeschickGerman
- desgracia, gafe, infortunioSpanish
- بدشانسیPersian
- onnettomuusFinnish
- malheur, malchance, mésaventureFrench
- mì-àdhScottish Gaelic
- csapásHungarian
- malasorte, disgraziaItalian
- 不運, 不幸Japanese
- მარცხი, ფათერაკი, უბედურებაGeorgian
- 불운Korean
- لێقهومانKurdish
- adversa, calamitas, aerumma, cladesLatin
- bēdaLatvian
- maikiroa, maikiMāori
- tegenslag, pech, ongelukDutch
- nieszczęście, pechPolish
- azar, desgraçaPortuguese
- neșansă, pățanie, ghinion, pățealăRomanian
- несчастье, неудача, бедаRussian
- olyckaSwedish
- దురదృష్టముTelugu
- mifätVolapük
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