| Main Entry: | contretemps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | awkward |
Synonyms: |
disaster, embarrassment, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, predicament |
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
Synonyms: |
affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
Antonyms: |
aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
Synonyms: |
accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck |
Antonyms: |
benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | difference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposing views |
Synonyms: |
argument, beef, blowup, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush*, brush-off, catamaran, clash, conflict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, dustup, estrangement, hassle, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap*, set-to, spat, strife, tiff, variance, words, wrangle |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
Antonyms: |
agreement, assent, concurrence, consent |
| Main Entry: | misfortune/mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; disaster |
Synonyms: |
accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casuality, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, stroke of bad luck, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | run-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
Synonyms: |
altercation, bickering, brush, confrontation, contretemps, dispute, encounter, falling-out, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, set-to, skirmish, tussle |
Antonyms: |
agreement, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | tragedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
Synonyms: |
adversity, affliction, bad fortune, bad luck, blight, blow, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, curse, curtains, dole, dolor, doom, downer, failure, hard knocks, hardship, humiliation, lot, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, shock, struggle, the worst, unluckiness, waterloo, woe, wreck |
Antonyms: |
advantage, blessing, boon, success, victory |
| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
Synonyms: |
accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unluck, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
Antonyms: |
piece of luck |
| Main Entry: | off-year |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unsuitable timing |
Synonyms: |
contretemps, evil hour, inopportune moment, poor timing, unfortunate time, unlucky day, unlucky hour, unsuitable time |
| Main Entry: | mischance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unpredictable outcome |
Synonyms: |
accident, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, misadventure, miscalculation, misfortune, mishap |
Antonyms: |
good fortune |