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disadventure

disadventure noun: synonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.

Noun

disadventure (countable and uncountable, plural disadventures)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.
    • They passing by, a goodly Ship did see, / Laden from far with precious merchandize, / And brauely furnished, as ship might bee, / Which through great disauenture, or mesprize, / Her selfe had runne into that hazardize […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms of disadventure

Forms of disadventure

pluraldisadventures

Origin of disadventure

From Old French desaventure. Equivalent to dis- + adventure.

Words formed from disadventure

Questions about disadventure

What does disadventure mean?
Disadventure means synonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.
What part of speech is disadventure?
Disadventure is a noun.
What is the plural of disadventure?
The plural of disadventure is disadventures.

Words near disadventure in the dictionary

  1. disadvantages
  2. disadvantageth
  3. disadvantaging
  4. disadvauntage
  5. disadvauntages
  6. disadventure
  7. disadventures
  8. disadventurous
  9. disadvise
  10. disadvised
  11. disadvises

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