[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

misfortune \misfor"tune\, n.
   bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster;
   mishap; mischance.
   1913 webster

         consider why the change was wrought,
         you 'll find his misfortune, not his fault. --addison.
   1913 webster

   syn: calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm;
        disaster. see calamity.
        1913 webster
see also:
calamity 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

misfortune \misfor"tune\, v. i.
   to happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
   obs. --stow.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

misfortune
     n 1: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an
          unfortunate event syn: bad luck
     2: an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
        syn: bad luck, tough luck, ill luck ant: good
        fortune, good fortune
see also:
bad luck tough luck ill luck good fortune good fortune 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "misfortune":
   accident, adversity, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty,
   cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash,
   cross, disaster, dole, grief, hard luck, ill fortune, ill hap,
   ill luck, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, mishap,
   nasty blow, pileup, reverse, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup,
   staggering blow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, visitation, wreck

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

misfortune, n.  the kind of fortune that never misses.

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