Mischance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mischance
    n 1: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't
         have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: {bad
         luck}, {mischance}, {mishap}]
    2: an instance of misfortune [syn: {mishap}, {misadventure},
       {mischance}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mischance \Mis*chance"\, n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]
   Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer.
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         Never come mischance between us twain.   --Shak.
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   Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity;
        disaster. See {Calamity}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mischance \Mis*chance"\, v. i.
   To happen by mischance. --Spenser.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "mischance":
      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, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy,
      wreck

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