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- Dictionarymisfortune/ˌmɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/
noun
- 1. bad luck: "the project was dogged by misfortune"
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bad luck, or an unlucky event: [ C ] Never take delight in someone’s personal misfortunes. [ U ] The school nurse was as mean a lady as you’d ever have the misfortune to meet. (Definition of misfortune from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of misfortune. misfortune.
The meaning of MISFORTUNE is an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result : bad luck. How to use misfortune in a sentence.
bad luck, or an unlucky event: [ + to infinitive ] That was the worst movie I've ever had the misfortune to see. She suffered a good deal of misfortune over the years. It's unfair to take advantage of other people's misfortunes. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. an accident.
Misfortune definition: adverse fortune; bad luck.. See examples of MISFORTUNE used in a sentence.
Misfortune means bad luck or the state of having bad luck. Break misfortune into its parts and you get mis- meaning bad and fortune meaning chance or luck. Sometimes it can feel like misfortune follows you. Picture it as a gloomy psychic named "Miss Fortune" who can only see the bad things in your future. Definitions of misfortune. noun.
A misfortune is something unpleasant or unlucky that happens to someone. She seemed to enjoy the misfortunes of others. [ + of] He had his full share of misfortune. Synonyms: bad luck, adversity, hard luck, ill luck More Synonyms of misfortune. More Synonyms of misfortune. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of misfortune noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
