misfortune
nounHow many syllables in misfortune?
There are 3 syllables in the word misfortune.How to pronounce misfortune:
Definition of misfortune:
- misfortune (noun):
- bad luck
- unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event.
- an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result bad luck
Synonyms for misfortune:
accident
adversity
bad luck
bad trot
blow
calamity
cataclysm
catastrophe
circumstance
defeat
disappointment
disaster
doom
evil fortune
fate
hard luck
hardship
ill
ill luck
infelicity
knock
misadventure
mischance
misery
mishap
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Antonyms for misfortune:
accident
accomplishment
accuracy
achievement
advance
advantage
advantageousness
affluence
agreement
aid
answer
approval
asset
assistance
attainment
benediction
benefaction
benefit
benison
big break
blessing
bliss
blissfulness
blockbuster
bonus
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- vulcanize
- panicky
- horrendous
- emanate
- earth-shaking
- compering
- besiegers
- abounding
- three hundred
- steadfastness
- somnolent
- personage
- Pakistan
- modernized
- legislate
- devouring
- comparing
- work-harden
- urgently
- unmatching
- undeterred
- moronic
- conversate
- brutalize
- muscular
- afterthought
- wanderer
- noxious
- lavaliere
- faultlessly
- divulge
- convalesce
- overdoing
- neglecting
- housemate
- endeavour
- carbonize
- preconceived
- omega-3
- instigate
- holy writ
- cohabit
- rewritten
- indignant
- artfully
- adjournal
- unpicked
- recited
- magistrate
- freshening
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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