mischance
UK/mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
mischance noun: bad luck, misfortune.
Noun
mischance (countable and uncountable, plural mischances)
- 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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- I write gaily enough, for there is no use in bewailing such a hopeless mischance.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 73, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- Synonyms:
- mishap, misluck, adverseness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, illfare
- A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
- He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
- Synonyms:
- adversity, misfortune
- Antonyms:
- fortuity
Verb
mischance (third-person singular simple present mischances, present participle mischancing, simple past and past participle mischanced)
- To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).
mischance meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
mischance in Urdu
- بدقسمتی, اتفاق
mischance in Malayalam
- ദുർഭാഗ്യം, ഭാഗ്യദോഷം, അബദ്ധം
mischance in Kannada
- ದುರದೃಷ್ಟ, ದುರ್ಘಟನೆ, ಕೆಟ್ಟಸಯ್ಪು
Synonyms of mischance
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Forms of mischance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mischances |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mischances |
| present participle | mischancing |
| past participle | mischanced |
| past | mischanced |
Origin of mischance
From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.
Words formed from mischance
Questions about mischance
- What does mischance mean?
- Mischance means bad luck, misfortune.
- What is mischance in Urdu?
- Mischance in Urdu is بدقسمتی, اتفاق. See Mischance meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is mischance?
- Mischance can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mischance?
- Mischance is pronounced /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mischance?
- The plural of mischance is mischances.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mischance (page history and authors); mischance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mischance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mischance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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