Definition of Misfortune

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misfortune
n. bad luck, tragedy, hardship, disaster, adversity

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MISFORTUNE Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Misfortune
(v. i.)
To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
  
(n.)
Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
  

WordNet 2.0
misfortune

Noun
1. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
(synonym) bad luck
(hypernym) trouble
(hyponym) pity, shame
2. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
(synonym) bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
(antonym) good fortune, good luck
(hypernym) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
(hyponym) weakness

The Devil's Dictionary
MISFORTUNE
Misfortune, (n.)

The kind of fortune that never misses.
  

hEnglish - advanced version
misfortune

misfortune
\mis*for"tune\ (?), n. bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. consider why the change was wrought, you 'll find his misfortune, not his fault.


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 to lay a fault misfortune etc at one`s door 

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
misfortune
donas

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Aflwydd
Aflwydd = n. misfortune

Aflwyddiant
Aflwyddiant = n. misfortune, want of prosperity

Anffawd
Anffawd = n. misfortune

Annhynged
Annhynged = n. misfortune

Diaflwydd
Diaflwydd = a. void of misfortune

Dianffawd
Dianffawd = without misfortune

Diffawd
Diffawd = n. a misfortune, a. unfortunate, luckless


MISFORTUNE Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
misfortune
calamitas, infortunium, malum, infelicitas

infamy misfortune
labes labis


MISFORTUNE Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Asenath
peril; misfortune
  


MISFORTUNE Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Misfortune
Misfortune is an Italian fairy tale, from Palermo, collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales.

Another telling of the tale appears under the title Unfortunate in A Book of Enchantments and Curses, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.


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