Definition of misfortune

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Misfortune (v. i.) To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.

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Mishap :: Mishap (n.) Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
Unfortunate :: Unfortunate (a.) Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business..
Unhap :: Unhap (n.) Ill luck; misfortune.
Unheal :: Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc..
Infortune :: Infortune (n.) Misfortune.
Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty..
Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped..
Unsuccess :: Unsuccess (n.) Want of success; failure; misfortune.
Malevolent :: Malevolent (a.) Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
Compassion :: Compassion (n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration..
Backcast :: Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..
Misfare :: Misfare (n.) Misfortune.
Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend..
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals..
Forebode :: Forebode (v. t.) To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly..
Misluck :: Misluck (n.) Ill luck; misfortune.
Misfortuned :: Misfortuned (a.) Unfortunate.
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