Synonyms for misfortune
mɪsˈfɔr tʃənmis·for·tune

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1. misfortune

   Misfortune is adverse fortune or any instance thereof, any untoward event, usually of lingering character or consequences, and such as the sufferer is not deemed directly responsible for; as, he had the misfortune to be born blind. Any considerable disappointment, failure, or misfortune, as regards outward circumstances, as loss of fortune, position, and the like, when long continued or attended with enduring consequences, constitutes adversity. For the loss of friends by death we commonly use affliction or bereavement. Calamity and disaster are used of sudden and severe misfortunes, often overwhelming; ill fortune and ill luck, of lighter troubles and failures. We speak of the misery of the poor, the hardships of the soldier. Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design. Affliction may be keen and bitter, but brief; tribulation is long and wearing. We speak of an affliction, but rarely of a tribulation, since tribulation is viewed as a continuous process, which may endure for years or for a lifetime; but we speak of our daily trials. Compare CATASTROPHE.

   Synonyms:
   adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, failure, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitation

   Antonyms:
   blessing, boon, comfort, consolation, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph

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1. misfortune, bad lucknoun

   unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

   Synonyms:
   mishap, tough luck, ill luck, mischance, bad luck

   Antonyms:
   good fortune, good luck, luckiness

2. misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill lucknoun

   an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

   Synonyms:
   mishap, tough luck, ill luck, mischance, bad luck

   Antonyms:
   good fortune, luckiness, good luck

Matched Categories

1. • Trouble

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1. bad news

   Submitted by anonymous on July 12, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. misfortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   disaster, calamity, reverse, affliction, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, adversity, distress, hardship, trouble, ill-luck, ill fortune

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1. misfortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   disaster, calamity, frustration, mischance, reverse, affliction, mishap, bad luck

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1. List of paraphrases for "misfortune":

   woe, unhappiness, misery, disgrace, accident, doom, misadventure, disaster

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How to use misfortune in a sentence?

1. Alex Bowman:

   We got pretty lucky there with Kyle’s misfortune.

2. unknown:

   What a shame to convince these flames they are only sparks; what a misfortune to say this fire is a flame. You, have always been gasoline, stop pretending I haven't always been the match.

3. Russell Baker:

   Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

4. Robert Louis Stevenson:

   Quite minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

5. Robert Louis Stephenson:

   Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.