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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
mischance
    n 1: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't
         have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: bad
         luck, mischance, mishap]
    2: an instance of misfortune [syn: mishap, misadventure,
       mischance]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mischance \Mis*chance"\, n. [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]
   Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. --Chaucer.
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         Never come mischance between us twain.   --Shak.
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   Syn: Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity;
        disaster. See Calamity.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mischance \Mis*chance"\, v. i.
   To happen by mischance. --Spenser.
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Thesaurus Results for Mischance:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, disaster, grief, ill hap, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, wreck
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