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.
(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
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.
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.
similar words(1)
to lay a fault misfortune etc at one`s door
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.
similar words(1)
to lay a fault misfortune etc at one`s door
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
misfortune
donas
donas
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Aflwydd
Aflwydd = n. misfortune
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
calamitas, infortunium, malum, infelicitas
infamy misfortune
labes labis
MISFORTUNE Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Asenath
peril; misfortune
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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