misadventure

mis·ad·ven·ture

noun \ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər\

Definition of MISADVENTURE

: misfortune, mishap

Examples of MISADVENTURE

1. His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
2. <a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke>

Origin of MISADVENTURE

Middle English mesaventure, from Anglo-French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes- mis- + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire — more at adventure

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MISADVENTURE

Synonyms: adversity, ill, knock, misfortune, mischance, mishap, tragedy

Antonyms: fortune, luck, serendipity

Related Words: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster; affliction, hardship, trial, tribulation, woe; distress, misery, suffering, unhappiness; defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess; curse, evil, sorrow, trouble; accident, casualty; blow, body blow, disappointment, letdown, setback; circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion

Near Antonyms: break, chance, fluke, godsend, hit, opportunity, strike, stroke, windfall; accomplishment, achievement, success

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Rhymes with MISADVENTURE

at a venture, peradventure