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noun
Bad luck, misfortune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mishap, misluck, adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, tough luck, unfortunateness, unluck, unluckiness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: adversity, misfortune
Antonyms: fortuity
verb
To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an instance of misfortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mishap, misadventure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misfortune, bad luck
Narrower terms: accident, near miss, derailment, ground loop, puncture, slip, trip, crash
noun
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bad luck, mishap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: luck, fortune, chance, hazard
History
From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.
