MISFORTUNE
ADJECTIVES
1225 ► MISDIGHT ill-treated, brought to misfortune → obs.
1400 ► MISCHANCEFUL accompanied by mischance or misfortune; unfortunate → obs.
1608 ► UNBLESTFUL unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune → obs.
1684 ► UNSONSY unlucky, unfortunate; ominous, fatal, causing ill-luck or misfortune → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1911 ► BLUPT suffering misfortune from want of foresight → Sc. (Bk.)
1957 ► SNAKE-BIT irremediably doomed to misfortune → US
1957 ► SNAKE-BITTEN irremediably doomed to misfortune → US
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
..17C ► THE DEVIL OWED HER A CAKE AND HAS PAID HER A LOAF a great instead of a small misfortune has befallen her → colloq.
..19C ► ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred → Eng. dial.
1816 ► THE BLACK COW HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR FOOT you have known misfortune and sorrow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1816 ► THE BLACK OX HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR FOOT you have known misfortune and sorrow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1816 ► THE BLACK OX HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR TOE you have known misfortune and sorrow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..L19 ► ALWAYS IN TROUBLE LIKE A DRURY LANE WHORE reprehends one who wallows in self-pity, also one who deplores a series of personal misfortunes
1910 ► SILLY-GRIN! an ironical exclamation imparting pain or misfortune → Aust. sl.
1913 ► IN A HARD ROW OF STUMPS in a bad way → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1970 ► AIN’T LIFE A GRIN a cynical expression of misfortune → US students’ sl.
NOUNS
1200 ► UNILIMP misfortune, mishap → obs.
1200 ► UNISELTH unhappiness, misfortune → obs.
1200 ► UNLIMP misfortune, mishap → obs.
1205 ► SITHE mishap, misfortune, trouble → obs.
1250 ► UNSITHE mishap, misfortune → obs.
1250 ► UNWHATE misfortune → obs.
1275 ► HAP misfortune, an accident
1375 ► SHOWER a stroke of misfortune; a hardship or difficulty; an injury → obs.
1382 ► OPPRESSION the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress → obs.
1385 ► DAMAGE a matter for regret, a misfortune → obs.
1400 ► UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1426 ► WRACK the ruin, downfall, or overthrow of a person; adversity, misfortune → obs.
1470 ► MALE FORTUNE misfortune → obs.
1470 ► OPPRESS the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress → obs.
1471 ► MALEURTEE misfortune → obs.
1471 ► MALHEUR misfortune → obs.
1483 ► CURSEDNESSES miseries, misfortunes → obs.
..E16 ► AMBS-ACE bad luck, misfortune, worthlessness → sl.
1500 ► WANFORTUNE misfortune → Sc. obs.
1513 ► VANHAP misfortune → Sc. obs.
1513 ► WANHAP misfortune → Sc. obs.
1513 ► WANWEIRD hard lot, ill fate, misfortune → Sc. obs.
1568 ► CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock
1573 ► CROSS a trouble, vexation, annoyance; misfortune, adversity; anything that thwarts or crosses
1582 ► CROSSBAR an impediment, hindrance, obstruction; an untoward circumstance, misfortune → obs.
1598 ► ILL YEAR misfortune, disaster → obs.
1599 ► WANCHANCE ill-luck, misfortune → Sc. obs.
1721 ► BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune
1725 ► BEGINK a disappointment, misfortune → Sc.
1725 ► BEGONK a trick, a disappointment, misfortune → Eng. dial.
1725 ► BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1742 ► MISCHANTER → MISHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1768 ► ANTERCAST → AUNTERCAST a misfortune → Sc.
1776 ► MISLUCK ill luck, misfortune → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C ► JUBBERTY a difficulty; a vexatious occurrence; a misfortune → Eng. dial.
1810 ► ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1818 ► BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1823 ► ILL SUCCESS failure, misadventure, misfortune → arch.
1824 ► GYPSY’S WARNING in works of fiction: a sinister warning or prophecy from a Gypsy; now generally: any warning or sign of impending misfortune
1825 ► MALAPAVIS a mischance, a misfortune → Sc.
1825 ► MIRE-SNIPE an accident, misfortune → Sc.
1839 ► COLD SCALD a misfortune → Amer. dial.
1842 ► HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident → Eng. dial.
.M19 ► CROPPER a severe misfortune, personal failure, etc. → colloq.
1850 ► PURLER a heavy fall; a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure → colloq.
1866 ► ANGALUCK an accident, a disaster, misfortune → Sc.
1873 ► MELANDER a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune → Eng. dial.
1874 ► HARD HAP misfortune, adversity → Eng. dial.
1883 ► MISCARRIAGE a misfortune → Sc.
1883 ► PURLER a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure → colloq.
1886 ► LUR misfortune, loss → obs. (Bk.)
1897 ► ON-CAST a misfortune, burden → Sc.
1898 ► AMSHACK an accident, a misfortune; an injury → Sc.
..20C ► AMSHA → EMSHA misfortune → Irish sl.
1903 ► COLD GRUEL misfortune, ill-luck → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► MISCOMHAP a misfortune, mishap → Eng. dial. , obs. (Bk.)
1904 ► SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HARD-SAILING trouble, misfortune → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► ILL-HAP misfortune → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TILLIE LICK an unexpected misfortune or calamity → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1905 ► TILLIE-LICKIT an unexpected misfortune or calamity → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1910 ► GUTSER → GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune → Aust. sl.
1911 ► BLACK COW a misfortune → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLACK OX a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLUP a misfortune or mistake owing to want of foresight → Sc. (Bk.)
1915 ► LOUD ONE a misfortune → World War I army sl.
1917 ► GUTSER a mishap or misfortune; a heavy fall or crash → Aust. & NZ colloq., orig. military usage
1932 ► CRAP trouble, difficulty; misfortune → orig. & chiefly US
1932 ► UNSHIRTED HELL trouble, hell, misfortune → US sl.
1942 ► HORSE ON ONE a turn of fortune against one; misfortune → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► MISS FORTUNE misfortune → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► THE BEAR misfortune, an unfortunate event → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1771 ► CROAKER a predictor of misfortune → US
.M19 ► JONAH one who brings bad luck or one who suffers severe misfortune → sl.
VERBS
1807 ► BUY THE RABBIT to be unsuccessful or have misfortune; to get the worst of a deal, to fare badly → sl.
1824 ► BURST ONE’S BOILER to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble → US
1838 ► MOCK THE AFFLICTED to speak or behave maliciously, insultingly, or insensitively to someone already in distress or suffering misfortune
1896 ► MEET WITH THE RUBBERS to have misfortune, ill-luck → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► GO THROUGH SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE to suffer a serious misfortune → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► COME A PURLER to fall heavily head first; so suffer sudden misfortune or failure → colloq.
1925 ► CATCH A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune → sl.
1925 ► COP A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune → sl.
1938 ► HAG to cast spells; to cast a spell on, to bring misfortune to → Amer. dial.
1950 ► GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune → W. Indies sl.
1965 ► JINK to afflict with misfortune; to cheat → Amer. dial.
1980 ► WEAR GOAT’S HORNS to be responsible for a defeat or other misfortune → sl.
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