Misfortune
English
Noun
Misfortune (plural Misfortunes)- bad luck
- an undesirable event such as an accident
Adjectives for Misfortune
unwonted; impending; domestic; terrible; irreparable; vital; serious; human; constant; private; possible; grave; crushing; prevailing; dire; especial; cursed; signal; admitted; unparalleled; lone.
Verbs for Misfortune
bear—; beset by—; bow beneath—; endure—; lament—; plunge into—; remedy—; rise above—; shake off—; sob—; suffer—; triumph over—; —afflicts; —assails; —befalls; —blasts; —burdens; —distresses; —gnaws; —harrows; —heckles; —nips; —outstrips; —overtakes ; —sleeps; —sours.
Thesaurus
accident, adversity, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, cross, disaster, dole, grief, hard luck, ill fortune, ill hap, ill luck, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, reverse, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, visitation, wreck
