ill+fortune

  • 131visitation — n. 1. Dispensation (especially of retributive evil), calamity, disaster, affliction, misfortune, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, hardship, ill luck, ill fortune, infliction, retribution. 2. (Law.) Visiting (in order to examine), inspection …

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  • 132infelicity — n 1. unhappiness, sadness, melancholy, woe, dole, wretchedness, misery, gloom; hopelessness, despair, desolation, despondency; sorrow, chagrin, affliction, pain; tribulation, mortification, remorse, regret. 2. misfortune, bad luck, adversity, no… …

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