Misadventure
[mɪsəd'ventʃə] or [,mɪsəd'vɛntʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.
Editor: Maureen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mischance, mishap, misfortune, reverse, ill-luck.
Inputed by Edgar
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Failure, mishap, misfortune
ANT:Success, achievement
Editor: Seth
Definition
n. an unfortunate adventure: ill-luck: disaster.—adjs. Misadvent′ured (Shak.) unfortunate; Misadvent′urous.
Checked by Edwin
Examples
- I must be my own mamma, said Rebecca; not without a tingling consciousness of defeat, as she thought over her little misadventure with Jos Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I will wait here for him all the morning, to guard against any misadventures or mistakes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At last he flung down the instrument, and plunged into a detailed account of his misadventures. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Bonita