Search Result for "mishap":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate;
- Example: "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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mishap \Mis*hap"\, n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mishap \Mis*hap"\, v. i. To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "mishap": accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, disaster, dole, grief, ill hap, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, wreck
