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Synonyms for mischance
mɪsˈtʃæns, -ˈtʃɑnsmis·chance
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
mischance
A cataclysm or catastrophe is some great convulsion or momentous event that may or may not be a cause of misery to man. In calamity, or disaster, the thought of human suffering is always present. It has been held by many geologists that numerous catastrophes or cataclysms antedated the existence of man. In literature, the final event of a drama is the catastrophe, or denouement. Misfortune ordinarily suggests less of suddenness and violence than calamity or disaster, and is especially applied to that which is lingering or enduring in its effects. In history, the end of every great war or the fall of a nation is a catastrophe, tho it may not be a calamity. Yet such an event, if not a calamity to the race, will always involve much individual disaster and misfortune. Pestilence is a calamity; a defeat in battle, a shipwreck, or a failure in business is a disaster; sickness or loss of property is a misfortune; failure to meet a friend is a mischance; the breaking of a teacup is a mishap.
Synonyms:
calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, denouement, disaster, misfortune, mishap, sequelAntonyms:
benefit, blessing, boon, comfort, favor, help, pleasure, privilege, prosperity, successPreposition:
The catastrophe of a play; of a siege; rarely, to a person, etc.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
mischance
Synonyms:
misfortune, misadventure, mishap
Princeton's WordNet
bad luck, mischance, mishapnoun
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
"if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
Synonyms:
misadventure, mishap, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, bad luckmishap, misadventure, mischancenoun
an instance of misfortune
Synonyms:
misadventure, mishap, bad luck
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
mischancenoun
Synonyms:
misfortune, mishap, ill-luck, misadventure, calamity
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4134 | disaster | |
#13122 | sequel | |
#20424 | catastrophe | |
#31190 | misfortune | |
#34052 | calamity | |
#43262 | mishap | |
#81876 | misadventure | |
#84068 | cataclysm | |
#103840 | denouement | |
#246182 | mischance |
Translations for mischance
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- infortunioSpanish
- malchanceFrench
- infortúnioPortuguese
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