MISADVENTURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does misadventure mean?
• MISADVENTURE (noun)
The noun MISADVENTURE has 1 sense:
1. an instance of misfortune
Familiarity information: MISADVENTURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MISADVENTURE (noun)
Meaning:
An instance of misfortune
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
misadventure; mischance; mishap
Hypernyms ("misadventure" is a kind of...):
bad luck; misfortune (unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misadventure"):
accident (a mishap; especially one causing injury or death)
near miss (an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided)
derailment (an accident in which a train runs off its track)
ground loop (a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground)
puncture (loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object)
slip; trip (an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall)
collapse (a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in)
crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)
