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| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad luck, bad news, blow, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, tough luck, unluck |
| Antonyms: | piece of luck |
| Main Entry: | misfortune/mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad news*, blow*, burden, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, casuality, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, stroke of bad luck, tough luck |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
adverse, ambsace, badly off, behindhand, born under an evil star, born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth, calamitous, clouded, decayed, deplorable, devoted, dire, disastrous, down in the world, hapless, ill, ill, improsperous, in a bad way, in adverse circumstances, in an evil plight, in one's utmost need, in trouble, infaust, luckless, on its last legs, on the road to ruin, on the wane, out of luck, planet, quisby, random, ruinous, seismic, stygian, unblest, under a cloud, undone, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unprosperous, untoward, widdershins
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| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch*, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer*, drag*, evil eye*, hard knocks*, hardship, jam, jinx, kiss of death*, misery, misfortune, mishap, pain in the neck*, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, bad break, hard times, hurting, ill fortune, on the skids, the worst, tough luck |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affliction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt condition; something that causes hurt |
| Synonyms: | adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief |
| Main Entry: | bad luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten break |
| Synonyms: | adversity, bad break, blow, devil's own luck, hard cheese, hard luck, hard time, hardship, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, raw deal, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough break, tough luck, tragedy |
| Main Entry: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bereavement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death; loss |
| Synonyms: | affliction, deprivation, distress, misfortune, sorrow, tribulation |
| Main Entry: | bummer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad experience |
| Synonyms: | disappointment, disaster, downer*, drag*, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bum rap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false accusation |
| Synonyms: | bummer*, drag*, misfortune, raw deal, bad break, bad break, bad charge, bad deal, bad rap, bum deal, frame-up, lousy deal, rotten deal, stroke of bad luck, the shaft, the shaft, unfair assessment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental weight; stress |
| Synonyms: | Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, trial, tribulation, visitation, waterloo*, woe, wreck, wretchedness, blue ruin, holy mess, the worst, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, 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, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo*, wreck, alluvion, meltdown, the worst |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing, favor, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news*, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, setback, slip, stroke, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout*, woe, fell stroke, hard luck, ill luck, ruination, the worst |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depressing experience |
| Synonyms: | bad scene*, bad trip*, bummer*, drag*, misfortune, raw deal, bad deal, rotten hand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | badness, immorality; disaster |
| Synonyms: | affliction, baseness, blow, calamity, catastrophe, corruption, crime, curse, debauchery, depravity, diablerie, harm, hatred, hurt, ill, impiety, indecency, infamy, iniquity, injury, lewdness, malevolence, meanness, mischief, misery, misfortune, obscenity, outrage, pain, ruin, sin, sorrow, suffering, turpitude, vice, villainy, wickedness, woe, wrong, wrongdoing, criminality, devilry, diabolism, heinousness, knavery, licentiousness, looseness, malignity, perversity, sinfulness, viciousness, vileness |
| Antonyms: | good, goodness, morality, virtue |
| Main Entry: | failing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lapse, shortcoming |
| Synonyms: | blind spot*, defect, deficiency, drawback, error, failure, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, miscarriage, misfortune, vice, weakness, weak point |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
| Antonyms: | advantage, strength, strong point |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal burden |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, asperity, austerity, calamity, case, catastrophe, curse, danger, destitution, difficulty, disaster, discomfort, distress, drudgery, fatigue, grief, grievance, hard knocks*, hazard, injury, labor, mischance, misery, misfortune, need, oppression, peril, persecution, privation, rainy day, rigor, sorrow, suffering, toil, torment, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, vicissitude, want, worry, Herculean task, rotten luck, tough break, tough luck, uphill battle |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, benefit, blessing, ease, favor, gain, good, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, damage, detriment, disservice, foul play*, hurt, ill, infliction, iniquity, loss, mischance, mischief, misfortune, misuse, outrage, prejudice, ravage, ruin, sabotage, sin, vandalism, vice, violence, wear and tear*, wickedness, wrong, banefulness, deleteriousness, immorality, impairment, marring, noxiousness, perniciousness, ruination, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, good, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury; damage |
| Synonyms: | ache, blow, bruise, chop, detriment, disadvantage, disaster, discomfort, disservice, distress, down, gash, harm, ill, loss, mark, mischief, misfortune, nick, ouch, outrage, pain, pang, persecution, prejudice, ruin, scratch, sore, suffering, wound, wrong, black and blue, boo-boo, ill-treatment, soreness |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cure, healing, help, remedy |
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