disadventure

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noun

Synonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.

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misadventurebad luck
OriginOld French desaventure →
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Meanings

noundisadventure (countable and uncountable, plural disadventures)

plural disadventures

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableSynonym 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: misadventure, bad luck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.

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misadventurebad luck
Also see
adversitybad luckbloomerblooperboo-boocock-uperrorfaux pasfloaterfuckupgaffehard luckill lucklapselapsuslulumess-upmischancemisfortunemishapmisluckmistakemuck-upscrewupslip-upsolecismtough lucktripunfortunatenessunluckunluckiness

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdesaventure
  2. Englishdisadventure

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

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APA

disadventure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadventure

MLA

“disadventure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadventure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disadventure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disadventure.

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