misfortune
I
noun
accident, adverse event, adverse fortune, adverse lot, adverse luck, adversity, affliction, backset, bad fortune, bad luck, bale, blow, calamitas, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, comedown, destruction, disadvantage, disappointment, disaster, evil fortune, fortuna adversa, hardship, ill fortune, ill luck, incommodum, infelicity, misadventure, mischance, mishap, problem, reverse, ruin, setback, suffering, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unforeseen adversity, unfortunate occurrence, unlucky accident, unlucky happening, visitation
foreign phrases:
- Festlnatio fustitiae est noverca infortunii. — The hastening of justice is the stepmother of misfortune.
- Negligentia semper habet infortunium comttem. — Negligence always has misfortune for a companion.
II
index
adversity, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, debacle, detriment, disaster, failure (lack of success), fatality, hardship, harm, infliction, loss, plight, predicament, quagmire, tragedy, trouble
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006