Thesaurus / mischance
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Kent was rapidly becoming convinced that some mischance had overtaken the girl when an exclamation came from Liggett.
THE SARGASSO OF SPACEEDMOND HAMILTONShe had dropped the amethyst, by some incomprehensible mischance.
EARTH'S ENIGMASCHARLES G. D. ROBERTS"Then walk beside my horse and we'll get back to the Townland of Mischance to-night," said the Churl.
THE KING OF IRELAND'S SONPADRAIC COLUMYield not thy neck / To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind / Still ride in triumph over all mischance.
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SOURCESJAMES WOODMr. Bryany, by a mischance catching Edward Henry's eye as he took the key, blushed.
THE REGENTE. ARNOLD BENNETTStill, they remembered the fate of the provision boats, and were worried lest mischance should befall the schooner.
FOUR AMERICAN INDIANSEDSON L. WHITNEYBy some mischance the document fell into the possession of Dr. Hickman, whose name it falsely bore.
THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE, VOL. II (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVERBut dismiss uneasiness, for to remedy this mischance will be the simplest thing possible.
THE BRASS BOTTLEF. ANSTEYCyparissus accidentally killed Apollo's pet stag, and he grieved so sorely over this mischance that he pined away and died.
STORIES OF OLD GREECE AND ROMEEMILIE KIP BAKERThere had been no slip or mischance; the whole thing had worked out as plainly and simply as two and two make four.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBWORDS RELATED TO MISCHANCE
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casuality
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- stroke of bad luck
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
- accidents
- adversities
- afflictions
- annoyances
- anxieties
- bad breaks
- bad news
- blows
- burdens
- calamities
- casualities
- cataclysms
- catastrophes
- contretemps
- crosses
- crunches
- debacles
- disadvantages
- disappointments
- discomforts
- doles
- failures
- hard lucks
- hardships
- harm
- inconveniences
- infelicity
- losses
- misadventures
- mischances
- miseries
- nuisances
- reverses
- rotten lucks
- setbacks
- stroke of bad lucks
- tough lucks
- tragedies
- trials
- tribulations
- troubles
- unpleasantnesses
- visitations
- worries
- accidents
- adversities
- afflictions
- annoyances
- anxieties
- bad breaks
- bad news
- blows
- burdens
- calamities
- casualities
- cataclysms
- catastrophes
- contretemps
- crosses
- crunches
- debacles
- disadvantages
- disappointments
- discomforts
- doles
- failures
- hard lucks
- hardships
- harm
- inconveniences
- infelicity
- losses
- misadventures
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- miseries
- nuisances
- reverses
- rotten lucks
- setbacks
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- tough lucks
- tragedies
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- visitations
- worries
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- humiliations
- lots
- misadventures
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- misfortunes
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- shocks
- struggles
- the worsts
- unluckinesses
- waterloos
- woes
- wrecks
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- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- bad omen
- bane
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- calamity
- casualty
- catastrophe
- collapse
- curse
- defeat
- destroyer
- difficulty
- disgrace
- doom
- downfall
- error
- failure
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- fumble
- grief
- humiliation
- last straw
- misadventure
- miscalculation
- mischance
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- misstep
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- reversal
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- ruin
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- smash
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- trouble
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- weakness
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- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unluck
- unluckiness
- unpleasantness
- untowardness
- visitation
- worry
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unfortunateness
- unluck
- unpleasantness
- untowardness
- visitation
- worry
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