Meaning & use

misfortune

noun·Academic

Bad luck in general, or a particular instance of bad luck.

See it in a sentence

Through sheer misfortune, they lost all their luggage on the first day.

Despite his recent misfortune, he remained cheerful and hopeful about the future.

A note on using this word

Misfortune can refer either to bad luck in general or to one specific unlucky event.

Words with a similar meaning

bad luckadversity

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Words with an opposite meaning

fortuneluck

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