Synonyms for mischance
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Noun
1. Misfortune — bad luck, misfortune
misfortune, mishap, misadventure, accident, disaster, casualty, calamity, bad luck, ill luck, catastrophe, adversity, contretemps, unluck, unluckiness, misluck, visitation
Definitions
- n. 1
Bad luck, misfortune.
Forms
- Plural
- mischances → misfortunes, mishaps, misadventures, accidents…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- accident The accident was due to the driver's carelessness.
- misfortune What greater misfortune is there than to go blind?
- mishap I broke my leg in two places during a skiing mishap.
- misadventure We experienced the same misadventure!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mischance | steady | |
| accident | falling | |
| misfortune | steady | |
| mishap | steady | |
| misadventure | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- mishap2, unluck
- 7 letters
- misluck
- 8 letters
- accident3, disaster3, casualty4, calamity4
- 9 letters
- adversity4
- 10 letters
- misfortune3, visitation4
- 11 letters
- catastrophe4, contretemps3, unluckiness
- 12 letters
- misadventure4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mishap2 = 2 syllables).