misfortune
[noun]
Synonyms:
- bad luck, adversity, hard luck, ill luck, infelicity
- mishap, affliction, calamity, disaster, reverse, setback, tragedy, tribulation, trouble

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Antonyms: fortune
Contrasted words: break, chance, luck, opportunity
Related Words: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, accident, casualty, affliction, cross, trial, tribulation, visitation

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mis‧for‧tune /mɪsˈfɔːtʃən $ -ɔːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Word Family: noun: fortune, misfortune, unfortunate; adverb: fortunately ≠ unfortunately; adjective: fortunate ≠ unfortunate]
very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luck:
It seems the banks always profit from farmers’ misfortunes.
have the misfortune to do/of doing something
The French soldiers had the misfortune to be caught in the crossfire.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

misfortune
noun
ADJ. great | sheer
VERB + MISFORTUNE be dogged by, have, suffer The expedition was dogged by misfortune. I had the misfortune to share a room with someone who snored loudly.
MISFORTUNE + VERB befall sb, strike Misfortune struck before they had even left the harbour.
PHRASES be sb's misfortune He is the rudest man it has ever been my misfortune to meet.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

misfortune

suffer misfortune
You are not the only person to have suffered misfortune in your life.
be dogged by misfortune (=have a lot of bad luck over a period of time)
The project seemed dogged by misfortune.
a great misfortune
Everything they owned was lost in the fire, which was a great misfortune.
a terrible misfortune
At that time, being thin was considered a terrible misfortune for women.
have the misfortune to do something/of doing something
Last year, he had the misfortune to be involved in a car crash.
have ever had the misfortune to do/of doing (=used for emphasizing how bad something is)
He was the most arrogant man I'd ever had the misfortune of meeting.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲