| Misfortune 1. (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. 2. (v. i.) To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. Thesaurus Entries accident, adversity, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, cross, disaster, dole, grief, hard luck, ill fortune, ill hap, ill luck, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, reverse, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, visitation, wreck |