evil fortune; bad luck an unfortunate or disastrous event; calamity
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mis•for•tune /mɪsˈfɔrtʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- bad fortune;
bad luck:[uncountable]That failure was more a result of misfortune than of bad judgment. - an instance of this:[countable]some misfortunes of the business downturn.
mis•for•tune
(mis fôr′chən),USA pronunciation n.
- adverse fortune;
bad luck. - an instance of this;
mischance;
mishap.
- late Middle English. See mis-1, fortune 1400–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accident; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; reverse; blow. See affliction.
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'misfortune' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Angrboda
- abracadabra
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- ambsace
- anxiety
- anxious
- apprehension
- bad
- bale
- barghest
- black
- blow
- broken
- calamity
- catastrophe
- compassion
- concern
- condole
- condolence
- contrary
- crap
- cropper
- cross
- curse
- damage
- dire
- disaster
- distress
- doing
- doomsayer
- endurant
- evil
- fatal
- fatality
- forebode
- foreboding
- glee
- grief
- hardship
- hazard
- hostage
- ill
- ill-starred
- ill-wisher
- imminent
- infelicity
- infortune
- intact