Definition for Misadventure:

• A mischance or accident; a casualty caused by the act of one person and inflicting injury upon another. Homicide " by misadventure" is where a man, doing a lawful act. without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 1S2; Williamson v. State, 2 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 202; Johnson v. State, 94 Ala. 35, 10 South. 607.

Synonyms for Misadventure:

• n.

  •
  • nightmare,
  • crisis,
  • battle,
  • worst-case scenario,
  • stress,
  • quagmire.
  •
  • surprise,
  • help.
  •abortion (noun)
  • premature delivery,
  • fiasco.
  •accident (noun)
  • stack ups,
  • rear enders,
  • fenderbenders,
  • stackups,
  • fender-benders,
  • wrack ups,
  • wrackup,
  • crack ups,
  • stackup,
  • wrack-ups,
  • stack-ups,
  • wrackups,
  • fenderbender.
  •adversity (noun)
  • distress,
  • blight,
  • curse,
  • grief,
  • hardship,
  • destitution,
  • bad luck,
  • dolor,
  • trial,
  • rainy day,
  • misery,
  • bane,
  • adversity,
  • affliction,
  • difficulty,
  • burden,
  • trouble,
  • hard times,
  • agony,
  • peril,
  • poorness,
  • ordeal,
  • torment,
  • poverty,
  • infliction.
  •bad luck, mishap (noun)
  • error,
  • debacle,
  • accident,
  • blunder,
  • slip,
  • setback,
  • faux pas,
  • lapse.
  •blow (noun)
  • bolt from the blue,
  • bombshells,
  • bombshell,
  • up set.
  •calamity (noun)
  • dis-tress,
  • dis tresses,
  • blue ruins,
  • dis tress,
  • unholy messes,
  • the worsts,
  • dis-tresses,
  • holy messes.
  •cataclysm (noun)
  • torrents,
  • double trouble,
  • flood.
  •catastrophe (noun)
  • de-solations,
  • de-solation,
  • de solation,
  • de solations,
  • up-shots,
  • up-shot,
  • up shot,
  • up shots.
  •disaster (noun)
  • de-feat,
  • de feats,
  • act god,
  • de feat,
  • ill lucks,
  • hard lucks,
  • de-feats,
  • fell strokes.
  •emergency (noun)
  • cross roads,
  • cross road.
  •event (noun)
  • misadventure.
  •failure (noun)
  • nonfeasance,
  • lead balloon,
  • unsuccessfulness,
  • inadequacy,
  • insolvency,
  • non-success,
  • nonperformance,
  • Non-performance,
  • sinking ship,
  • loser,
  • failings,
  • nonsuccess,
  • lemon,
  • abortion,
  • miscarriage,
  • Unsuccess,
  • total loss,
  • implosion.
  •reverse (noun)
  • re verse,
  • re-verse,
  • re-pulses,
  • re pulses,
  • re versal,
  • conquerings,
  • re-versal.
  •tragedy (noun)
  • bad fortunes.
  •undoing (noun)
  • dis-graces,
  • de stroyer,
  • de stroyers,
  • dis graces,
  • un-doings,
  • un doings,
  • bad omen,
  • dis-grace,
  • mis calculation,
  • sub versions,
  • dis grace,
  • de-stroyers,
  • mis-calculations,
  • un-doing,
  • over turns,
  • un doing,
  • sub-versions,
  • de-stroyer,
  • over-turn,
  • sub version,
  • mis-calculation,
  • bad omens,
  • sub-version.
  •unfortunateness (noun)
  • un fortunatenesses,
  • un-fortunateness,
  • un fortunateness,
  • un-fortunatenesses.
  •unluckiness (noun)
  • un luckinesses,
  • un-luckiness,
  • un luckiness,
  • un-luckinesses.
  •unsuccess (noun)
  • un successes,
  • un-success,
  • un success,
  • un-successes.
  •unsuccessfulness (noun)
  • un successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulness,
  • un successfulness,
  • un-successfulnesses.
  •untowardness (noun)
  • un-towardnesses,
  • un towardness,
  • un towardnesses,
  • un-towardness.
  •woe (noun)
  • deplorings,
  • bemoanings,
  • be moaning,
  • be-moaning,
  • un-happinesses,
  • un-happiness,
  • grievings,
  • un happinesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • blow,
  • calamity,
  • casualty,
  • cataclysm,
  • catastrophe,
  • contretemps,
  • crack-up,
  • disaster,
  • emergency,
  • failure,
  • fender-bender,
  • havoc,
  • hazard,
  • head ache,
  • ill,
  • ill luck,
  • infelicity,
  • lamentation,
  • loss,
  • mischance,
  • misfortune,
  • mishap,
  • reverse,
  • stack up,
  • tough luck,
  • tragedy,
  • tribulation,
  • undoing,
  • urgency,
  • vicissitude,
  • visitation,
  • washout,
  • woe,
  • Infelicities,
  • Non-feasance,
  • Unluckiness,
  • meltdown,
  • hard luck,
  • misfortunes,
  • roughs,
  • meltdowns,
  • crackup,
  • crackups,
  • unfortunateness,
  • untowardness,
  • bad break,
  • Cross-road,
  • ill fortune,
  • fell stroke,
  • bad fortune,
  • blue ruin,
  • casuality,
  • crack-ups,
  • cross-roads,
  • holy mess,
  • ill-fortune,
  • over turn,
  • rear ender,
  • rear-ender,
  • rotten luck,
  • stack-up,
  • stroke of bad luck,
  • the worst,
  • unholy mess,
  • unluck,
  • wrack up,
  • wrack-up,
  • fender bender.
  •Other relevant words:
  • call for aid.

Paraphrases for Misadventure:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mishap.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misfortune.

Antonyms for Misadventure:

• n.

  • bad luck, mishap
    good fortune, success, progress, blessing, boon, triumph, good luck, prosperity, win, favor, miracle, perfection, correction, achievement, fortune, happiness, wonder, advantage.
  • Other antonyms:
    godsend, chance, fate, law, necessity, fluke, calculation, intention, windfall, serendipity, ordinance, certainty, accomplishment, appointment, foreordination, decree, Ordainment, luck, break, preparation, provision, plan, strike, purpose, opportunity.

Misadventure Sentence Examples:

• It was not in the least in the tone of a person making a confession or relating a misadventure that she presently said: " Well, you must know, to begin with - of course, it will surprise you - that I 'm married."

• Often and often I have planned what I would do if such a misadventure happened to me again, and nothing is easier to plan.

Hypernym for Misadventure:

• n.

  • event
    ground loop, derailment, accident, crash, trip, slip, near miss, puncture.

Hyponym for Misadventure:

• n.

  • event
    misfortune, bad luck.