Synonyms of the word misfortune


MISFORTUNECIRCUMSTANCES - DESTINY - FATE - FORTUNE - LOT - LUCK - PORTION - TROUBLE

misfortune

  • n. (uncountable) bad luck.
  • n. (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident.

circumstances

  • n. plural of circumstance.

destiny

  • n. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the…
  • n. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as…

fate

  • n. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
  • n. The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
  • n. Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
  • n. (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of…
  • v. (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

fortune

  • n. Destiny, especially favorable.
  • n. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
  • n. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
  • n. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
  • n. Good luck.
  • n. One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
  • n. A large amount of money.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place.
  • v. To provide with a fortune.
  • v. To presage; to tell the fortune of.

lot

  • n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
  • n. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
  • n. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
  • n. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
  • n. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
  • n. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
  • n. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without…
  • n. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
  • n. A prize in a lottery.
  • n. Allotment; lottery.
  • n. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
  • n. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32…
  • v. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
  • v. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

luck

  • n. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
  • n. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
  • n. success.
  • v. (intransitive) To succeed by chance.
  • v. (intransitive) To rely on luck.
  • v. (transitive) To carry out relying on luck.

portion

  • n. An allocated amount.
  • n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • n. One's fate; lot.
  • n. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
  • n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • v. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
  • v. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

trouble

  • n. A distressing or dangerous situation.
  • n. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
  • n. A violent occurrence or event.
  • n. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
  • n. A malfunction.
  • n. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
  • n. (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
  • v. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
  • v. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
  • v. (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.

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