'Misadventure' definitions:
Definition of 'misadventure'
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Definition of 'Misadventure'
From: GCIDE
- Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F. m['e]saventure.] Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misadventure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- blow,
- blunder,
- boner,
- bull,
- calamity,
- casualty,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- collision,
- contretemps,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- disaster,
- error,
- faux pas,
- grief,
- howler,
- ill hap,
- lapse,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- nasty blow,
- pileup,
- shipwreck,
- shock,
- slip,
- smash,
- smashup,
- staggering blow,
- tragedy,
- wreck