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Thesaurus: misfortune

Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

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  1. n. Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
  2. v. i. To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
  3. n. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
  4. n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
  5. Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster;mishap; mischance.Consider why the change was wrought, You 'll find his misfortune, nothis fault. Addison.
  6. n:100 n. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes