misfortune

mis·for·tune  (ms-fôrchn)

n.

1.

a. Bad fortune or ill luck.

b. The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck: wanted to help those in misfortune.

2. A distressing occurrence: "Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship" (Charlotte Charke).

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misfortune [mɪsˈfɔːtʃən]

n

1. evil fortune; bad luck

2. an unfortunate or disastrous event; calamity

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	misfortune - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event bad luck trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" pity, shame - an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" adversity - a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities" hardship - something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life" knock - a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
	2.	misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes bad luck, ill luck, tough luck circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" weakness - the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" adversity, hard knocks, hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" gutter, sewer, toilet - misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet" hard cheese - bad luck good fortune, good luck, luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes

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misfortune

noun

1. (often plural) bad luck, adversity, hard luck, ill luck, infelicity, evil fortune She seemed to enjoy the misfortunes of others.

2. mishap, loss, trouble, trial, blow, failure, accident, disaster, reverse, tragedy, harm, misery, setback, hardship, calamity, affliction, tribulation, whammy (informal, chiefly U.S.), misadventure, bummer (slang), mischance, stroke of bad luck, evil chance He had had his full share of misfortunes.
relief, fortune, good luck

Quotations
"In the misfortune of our best friends, we always find something which is not displeasing to us" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Réflexions ou Maximes Morales]
"misfortune: the kind of fortune which never misses" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Proverbs
"Misfortunes never come singly"

Translations

misfortune [mɪsˈfɔːtʃən] N → desgracia f
companion in misfortune → compañero/a m/f en la desgracia
I had the misfortune to meet him → tuve la desgracia de conocerlo
it is his misfortune that he is lame → tiene la mala suerte de ser cojo
that's your misfortune! → ¡mala suerte!

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misfortune [ˌmɪsˈfɔː^rtʃuːn] n → malchance f, malheur m

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misfortune

n (= ill fortune, affliction) → (schweres) Schicksal or Los nt; (= bad luck) → Pech nt no pl; (= unlucky incident) → Missgeschick nt; companion in misfortune → Leidensgenosse m → /-genossin f; it was my misfortune or I had the misfortune to … → ich hatte das Pech, zu …; a victim of misfortune → ein Unglücksrabe or Pechvogel m; misfortune seldom comes alone → ein Unglück kommt selten allein (prov); financial misfortunes → finanzielle Fehlschläge pl

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misfortune [mɪsˈfɔːtʃ/ən] n → disgrazia, sventura, sfortuna
she has the misfortune to be blind → ha la sventura di essere cieca
that's YOUR misfortune! → peggio per te!

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misfortune [mɪsˈfɔːtʃ/ən] n → disgrazia, sventura, sfortuna
she has the misfortune to be blind → ha la sventura di essere cieca
that's YOUR misfortune! → peggio per te!

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misfortune

n misfortune [misˈfoːtʃən]

(a piece of) bad luck I had the misfortune to break my leg. ongeluk سوء حَظ лош късмет neštěstí uheld das Unglück δυστυχία, κακοτυχία desgracia õnnetus بدشانسی huono onni malchance חוֹסֶר מַזָל बदकिस्मती nesreća, nezgoda balszerencse kemalangan ógæfa sfortuna 不運 불행 nelaimė nelaime malang ongeluk uhell, ond skjebne pech infelicidade ghinion, nenorocire несчастье nešťastie nesreča nesreća olycka, missöde, otur โชคร้าย talihsizlik 不幸 нещастя; невдача بد قسمتی điều không may 不幸

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misfortune → سوء الحظ smůla ulykke Pech κακοτυχία desgracia epäonni malchance nesreća sfortuna 不運 불운 ongelukje uhell nieszczęście desgraça несчастье olycka ความโชคร้าย talihsizlik sự bất hạnh 不幸