What does misfortune mean?
Definitions for misfortune
mɪsˈfɔr tʃənmis·for·tune
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Princeton's WordNet
misfortune, bad lucknoun
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill lucknoun
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
Wiktionary
misfortunenoun
bad luck
misfortunenoun
an undesirable event such as an accident
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Misfortunenoun
Calamity; ill luck; want of good fortune.
Etymology: mis and fortune.
Fortune thus ’gan say, misery and misfortune is all one,
And of misfortune, fortune hath only the gift. Philip Sidney.What world’s delight, or joy of living speech,
Can heart so plung’d in sea of sorrows deep,
And heaped with so huge misfortunes reach? Fa. Qu.Consider why the change was wrought,
You’ll find it his misfortune, not his fault. Addison.
ChatGPT
misfortune
Misfortune refers to an event or condition marked by bad luck, distress, suffering, or adverse circumstances that negatively affect one's life or well-being. It can describe personal distress over a loss, a serious disadvantage, or a damaging incident that has occurred. Misfortune often happens without one's expectation and control.
Webster Dictionary
Misfortunenoun
bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance
Misfortuneverb
to happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail
Wikidata
Misfortune
Misfortune is an Italian fairy tale, from Palermo, collected by Italo Calvino in his Italian Folktales. Another telling of the tale appears under the title Unfortunate in A Book of Enchantments and Curses, by Ruth Manning-Sanders.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Misfortune
mis-for′tūn, n. ill-fortune: an evil accident: calamity: (coll.) a euphemism for a lapse from virtue resulting in the birth of a natural child.—adj. Misfor′tuned. (Milt.), unfortunate.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of misfortune in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of misfortune in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of misfortune in a Sentence
All money systems not backed by actual resources has failed in the past, if we keep eating the same food and making the same political choices as we have always done, we are also doomed to inherit a legacy of failure and misfortune".
The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.”
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
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- مصيبة, شقوةArabic
- Ungemach, Unglück, Pech, Unheil, Unfall, MißgeschickGerman
- desgracia, gafe, infortunioSpanish
- بدشانسیPersian
- onnettomuusFinnish
- malheur, malchance, mésaventureFrench
- mì-àdhScottish Gaelic
- csapásHungarian
- malasorte, disgraziaItalian
- 不運, 不幸Japanese
- მარცხი, ფათერაკი, უბედურებაGeorgian
- 불운Korean
- لێقهومانKurdish
- adversa, calamitas, aerumma, cladesLatin
- bēdaLatvian
- maikiroa, maikiMāori
- tegenslag, pech, ongelukDutch
- nieszczęście, pechPolish
- azar, desgraçaPortuguese
- neșansă, pățanie, ghinion, pățealăRomanian
- несчастье, неудача, бедаRussian
- olyckaSwedish
- దురదృష్టముTelugu
- mifätVolapük
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