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| adversity |
a condition of misfortune or difficulty. [1/2 definitions] |
| condole |
to express sympathy or sorrow for one suffering misfortune or pain. |
| curse |
an expression of a desire that someone or something might suffer lasting misfortune, or, in tales of magic, a spell that brings lasting misfortune. [5/9 definitions] |
| dire |
warning of misfortune or calamity. [1/3 definitions] |
| direful |
boding misfortune. [1/2 definitions] |
| fatal |
leading to misfortune, ruin, or destruction. [1/4 definitions] |
| forebode |
to have a presentiment or premonition of (impending misfortune). [1/4 definitions] |
| happen |
to have the accidental lot, luck, or misfortune (to be in a specified situation or do something specified); chance. [1/4 definitions] |
| ill-fated |
bringing misfortune; unlucky. [1/2 definitions] |
| infelicity |
an instance of misfortune. [1/3 definitions] |
| knell |
a sound or other signal of misfortune, conclusion, or failure. [1/6 definitions] |
| misadventure |
an instance of misfortune or bad luck; accident or mishap. |
| misery |
a state of need and suffering caused by poverty, illness, or other misfortune. [1/3 definitions] |
| night |
a state or period of depression, ignorance, grief, or misfortune. [1/5 definitions] |
| patience |
the ability to steadfastly endure misfortune, pain, or hardship. [1/3 definitions] |
| patient |
enduring misfortune, pain, or hardship calmly or without complaining. [1/7 definitions] |
| play it safe |
to act so as to prevent or avoid misfortune or danger; be cautious. |
| schadenfreude |
(often cap.) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| sorrow |
the suffering or distress resulting from an injury, loss, misfortune, or the like; grief; sadness. [1/4 definitions] |
| sorry |
resulting in misfortune, grief, or regret. [1/5 definitions] |
| suffer |
to experience pain, misfortune, or distress. [1/7 definitions] |
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