Definition for Misfortune:

• Calamity; evil accident.

Synonyms for Misfortune:

• n.

  •
  • crisis,
  • nightmare.
  •
  • comedown,
  • setback,
  • blow,
  • reversal,
  • unfortunate,
  • unhappy.
  •
  • luck.
  •adversity (noun)
  • tragedy,
  • contretemps,
  • hard luck,
  • disaster,
  • difficulty,
  • agony,
  • poorness,
  • torment,
  • adversity,
  • affliction,
  • destitution,
  • misadventure,
  • distress,
  • burden,
  • grief,
  • bad luck,
  • trial,
  • misery,
  • mishap,
  • hardship,
  • poverty,
  • calamity,
  • tribulation,
  • dolor,
  • trouble,
  • catastrophe,
  • blight,
  • woe,
  • infliction,
  • casualty,
  • bane,
  • ordeal,
  • rainy day,
  • peril,
  • hard times.
  •bane (noun)
  • plague,
  • poison,
  • contagion,
  • scourge,
  • doom,
  • infection,
  • ill,
  • cancer.
  •depression (noun)
  • unhappiness.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • washout.
  •disaster (noun)
  • debacle,
  • anxiety,
  • discomfort,
  • worry,
  • inconvenience,
  • infelicity,
  • bad break,
  • unluck,
  • annoyance,
  • harm,
  • nuisance,
  • crunch,
  • disadvantage,
  • reverse,
  • accident,
  • cataclysm,
  • rotten luck,
  • mischance,
  • dole,
  • failure,
  • bad news,
  • unpleasantness,
  • visitation,
  • cross,
  • tough luck.
  •evil (noun)
  • Peccancy.
  •millstone (noun)
  • millstone.
  •misfortune (noun)
  • ill luck.
  •ruin (noun)
  • undoing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • jinxed,
  • unfortunateness,
  • jinx,
  • Unluckiness,
  • haplessness,
  • untowardness,
  • loss.
  •
  • sol,
  • sorrow,
  • event,
  • unlucky,
  • liability,
  • pressure,
  • pity,
  • disappointment.
  •injury
  • damage.

Paraphrases for Misfortune:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    luck, trouble.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    accident, calamity, misadventure, adversity, mishap.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    distress, disgrace, suffering, hardship, affliction, grief, catastrophe, despair, plight, incident, inevitability, peril, scourge, shame.
  • Verb, past tense
    Died.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misery, unhappiness, disaster, woe, tragedy, curse, doom, setback.

Antonyms for Misfortune:

• n.

  • disaster
    boost, win, gain, relief, accomplishment, peace, fortune, contentment, benefit, piece of luck, comfort, good fortune, success, encouragement, help, happiness, boon, miracle, favor, good luck, joy, profit, achievement, delight, ease, aid, calmness, advantage, wonder, pleasure, blessing.
  • Other antonyms:
    necessity, Ordainment, preparation, opportunity, foreordination, provision, certainty, gratification, prosperity, ordinance, break, intention, law, appointment, triumph, calculation, fate, godsend, decree, purpose, strike, serendipity, fluke, chance, consolation, plan, windfall.

Homophones for Misfortune:

• myxosporidian.

Hypernym for Misfortune:

• n.

  • event
    catastrophe, misadventure, calamity, cataclysm, hardship, knock, mishap, tragedy, pity, shame, mischance, adversity, disaster.

Hyponym for Misfortune:

• n.

  • event
    trouble.