infelicity
111barbarism — n 1. crudity, coarseness, vulgarity; unenlightenment, uncivilizedness. See barbarity (def.3). 2. atrocity, outrage, enormity. See barbarity (def.2). 3. misuse, misusage, misapplication, error, infelicity, Obs. ill usage; catachresis, solecism,… …
112calamity — n 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination, desolation; misery, wretchedness, agony, torture, torment, distress, suffering, Archaic. bale; woe, grief, sorrow, dolor, sadness, anguish, anxiety, unhappiness, heartache, heartbreak,… …
113disaster — n 1. catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, terrible accident or occurrence, Sl. curtains; shock, blow, heavy or staggering or nasty blow, buffet, stroke, fell stroke, stroke of ill or bad luck or fortune; mishap, mischance, misfortune, miscarriage,… …
114dolor — n sorrow, grief, Archaic. dole, sadness, ruth, heartache, heartbreak; anguish, misery, Archaic. bale; bereavement, lamentation, mourning; ache, pain, hurt, suffering, Archaic. teen; torture, torment, agony; wretchedness, desolation, heaviness of… …
115evil — adj 1. wicked, sinful, iniquitous, Archaic. facinorous, Obs. scelerous; nefarious, villainous, flagitious, heinous, infamous, Rare. nefast; blackhearted, sinister, arrant, ignoble; bad, base, vile, foul, low, mean, odious, obnoxious; abominable,… …
116hardship — n 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination, bane, desolation; austerity, privation, want, need, neglect; severity, rigor, stringency, deprivation, destitution, prostration; difficulty, plight, strait, predicament, trouble, peck or… …
117misadventure — n 1. misfortune, mishap, mischance, miscarriage, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter, glitch, casualty, accident; shock, blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; tragedy, disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm …
118mischance — n 1. accident, misfortune, mishap, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot, and North Eng. mis hanter or mischanter, glitch, casualty, contretemps; blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; disaster, tragedy, calamity …
119misery — n 1. trial, tribulation, trial and tribulation, test, ordeal; load, burden, heavy load or burden; trouble, adversity, misfortune, affliction, suffering, distress, oppression, mortification; blow, shock, stab, pain, throe. 2. destitution,… …
120misfortune — n 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, woe, ruin, ruination, Archaic. bale; infelicity; ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark cloud or star, storm clouds; trouble, the devil to pay; trial, tribulation, burden,… …
