mischance
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mischance
- /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/ UK
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.
noun mischances
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Bad luck, misfortune.
But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.
Similar: mishap, misluck, adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, illfare, misadventure, mischance
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A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]
Similar: adversity, misfortune · Opposite: fortuity
verb mischances · mischancing · mischanced
- To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).
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