MISFORTUNE

n. 1 bad luck, ill luck, ill fortune, hard luck, infelicity, adversity, loss He had the misfortune to marry the wrong woman 2 accident, misadventure, mishap, calamity, catastrophe, mischance, disaster, contretemps, tragedy, blow, shock; reverse, stroke of bad luck, Colloq bad news With the death of his father, then his illness, then the loss of his business, one misfortune followed another