Definition of Mischance

1. Noun. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate. "If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"

Exact synonyms: Bad Luck, Mishap
Generic synonyms: Chance, Fortune, Hazard, Luck

2. Noun. An instance of misfortune.
Exact synonyms: Misadventure, Mishap
Specialized synonyms: Accident, Near Miss, Derailment, Ground Loop, Puncture, Slip, Trip, Crash
Generic synonyms: Bad Luck, Misfortune

Definition of Mischance

1. n. Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.

2. v. i. To happen by mischance.

Definition of Mischance

1. Noun. Bad luck, misfortune. ¹

2. Noun. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mischance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mischance

miscellanarian
miscellanea
miscellaneous
miscellaneously
miscellaneum
miscellanies
miscellanist
miscellanists
miscellany
miscensure
miscensured
miscensures
miscensuring
misch metal
mischan
mischance (current term)
mischanceful
mischances
mischannel
mischanneled
mischanneling
mischannelled
mischannelling
mischannels
mischans
mischaracterisation
mischaracterisations
mischaracterise
mischaracterises
mischaracterization

Literary usage of Mischance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... no doubt, some extraordinary mischance, one of those occurrences that baffled all one's anticipations. In that case she would have written to him. ..."

2. English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from by George Crabb (1863)
"125 MISCELLANY—mixture,medley, miscellany... 284 mischance—calamity, disaster, ... mischance, mishap 4d6 MISCHIEF—evil or ill, misfortune, harm, ..."

3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1837)
"The mischance rigidly censured. Many Canonists quickly made. Archbishops may hunt by the Laws of the Land. Bishop Andrews, the Archbishop's great Friend ..."

4. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography by Virginia Historical Society (1893)
"... and if it should so happen by accident or some other mischance, I should not have the opportunity of giving you farther advice, please to take care to ..."

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