mischanter

mischanter
/mis chan"teuhr, mi shan"-/, n. Scot. and North Eng.
mishanter.

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  • mischanter — mə̇s(h)ˈchantər, mə̇ˈsha variant of mishanter * * * mischanter see mishanter …   Useful english dictionary

  • mischanter — mischan·ter …   English syllables

  • mishanter — /mi shan teuhr/, n. Scot. and North Eng. a misfortune; mishap. Also, mischanter. [1745 55; var. of misaunter, equiv. to MIS 1 + aunter, var. of obs. aventure ADVENTURE] * * * …   Universalium

  • adversity — n 1. misfortune, affliction, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination; misery, woe, hardship, suffering, distress, bereavement, Archaic. bale, storm and stress, sea of troubles; infelicity, ill or bad luck, hard luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • catastrophe — n 1. disaster, calamity, tragedy; blow, nasty or heavy or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad or ill luck or fortune, shock; mishap, mischance, misfortune, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • disaster — n 1. catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, terrible accident or occurrence, Sl. curtains; shock, blow, heavy or staggering or nasty blow, buffet, stroke, fell stroke, stroke of ill or bad luck or fortune; mishap, mischance, misfortune, miscarriage,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • hardship — n 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination, bane, desolation; austerity, privation, want, need, neglect; severity, rigor, stringency, deprivation, destitution, prostration; difficulty, plight, strait, predicament, trouble, peck or… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • mischance — n 1. accident, misfortune, mishap, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot, and North Eng. mis hanter or mischanter, glitch, casualty, contretemps; blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; disaster, tragedy, calamity …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • misfortune — n 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, woe, ruin, ruination, Archaic. bale; infelicity; ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark cloud or star, storm clouds; trouble, the devil to pay; trial, tribulation, burden,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • mishap — n 1. accident, misfortune, misadventure, mischance, miscarriage, casualty, glitch, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter; blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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