MISADVENTURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An instance of misfortune

Synonyms:

misadventure; mischance; mishap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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 (an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury)

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)

crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)