Mischance
11mischance — mis|chance [ mıs tʃæns ] noun count or uncount MAINLY LITERARY bad luck, or something that is caused by bad luck: What if by some mischance he fails to arrive? …
12mischance — noun (C, U) bad luck, or a situation that results from bad luck: As mischance would have it we ran into Sue just the person we wanted to avoid …
13mischance — noun Etymology: Middle English mischaunce, from Anglo French meschance, from mes mis + chance chance Date: 14th century 1. bad luck 2. a piece of bad luck ; mishap Synonyms: see misfortune …
14mischance — /mis chans , chahns /, n. a mishap or misfortune. [1250 1300; MIS 1 + CHANCE; r. ME mescheance < OF] * * * …
15mischance — Synonyms and related words: accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack up, crash, disaster, grief, ill hap, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash,… …
16mischance — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. casualty, accident, emergency; see catastrophe , disaster , misfortune 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An unexpected and usually undesirable event: accident, casualty, contretemps, misadventure, misfortune, mishap. See… …
17mischance — sb. RG. 137, 380 …
18mischance — n. accident; bad luck; misfortune …
19mischance — noun bad luck. ↘an unlucky occurrence …
20mischance — n. Misfortune, mishap, ill luck, misadventure, calamity, ill fortune, infelicity, disaster …
