Definition of misfortune

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

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Curse :: Curse (v. t.) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes..
Misfare :: Misfare (n.) Misfortune.
Unsuccess :: Unsuccess (n.) Want of success; failure; misfortune.
Disadventure :: Disadventure (n.) Misfortune; mishap.
Owing :: Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations..
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..
Infortune :: Infortune (n.) Misfortune.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority..
Misfortune :: Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Wanion :: Wanion (n.) A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune..
Twit :: Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood..
Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty..
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..
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Barghest :: Barghest (n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune..
Cross :: Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
Unheal :: Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
Predict :: Predict (v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet..
Misfortunate :: Misfortunate (a.) Producing misfortune.
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