mischance
1Mischance — Mis*chance , n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.] Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Never come mischance between us twain. Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See… …
2Mischance — Mis*chance , v. i. To happen by mischance. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
3mischance — index accident (misfortune), adversity, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, debacle, fatality, miscarriage …
4mischance — *misfortune, adversity, mishap Analogous words: *accident, casualty, mishap: *disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm …
5mischance — ► NOUN ▪ bad luck …
6mischance — [mis chans′, mis′chans΄] n. [ME mescheance < OFr meschance: see MIS 1 & CHANCE] 1. an unlucky accident; misadventure 2. bad luck or an instance of it …
7mischance — UK [mɪsˈtʃɑːns] / US [mɪsˈtʃæns] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms mischance : singular mischance plural mischances mainly literary bad luck, or something that is caused by bad luck What if by some mischance he fails to arrive? …
8mischance — {{11}}mischance (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. mescheance misfortune, mishap, accident; wickedness, malice, from V.L. *minuscadentiam; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (2) + CHANCE (Cf. chance) (n.). Now usually bad luck; formerly much stronger: calamity, disaster.… …
9mischance — noun /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/ a) Bad luck, misfortune. But let this same be presently performd / Even when mens minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen. b) A mishap, an unlucky circumstance. He doth miraculously protect from thieves …
10mischance — mis|chance [ˌmısˈtʃa:ns US ˈtʃæns] n [U and C] formal bad luck, or a situation that results from bad luck ▪ If by some mischance the government get elected again, I think taxes will rise …
