misfortunenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us/ˌmɪsˈfɔːr.tʃən/C1 bad luck, or an unlucky event:
[ + to infinitive ] That was the worst film I've ever had the misfortune to see.
She suffered a good deal of misfortune over the years.
It's unfair to take advantage of other people's misfortunes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Good luck and bad luck
- a blessing in disguise idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- be a good idiom
- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
- blessing
- favour
- godsend
- grace
- hapless
- happenstance
- happily
- lap
- misadventure
- mischance
- mishap
- mixed blessing
- Murphy's law
- shame
- stroke
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