[syn: mishap, misadventure, mischance]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mishap \Mis*hap"\, n.
Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mishap \Mis*hap"\, v. i.
To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me
mishap." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mishap
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "mishap":
accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm,
catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, disaster,
dole, grief, ill hap, misadventure, mischance, misfortune,
nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup,
staggering blow, tragedy, wreck
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
MISHAP
An early system on the IBM 1130.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
(2004-09-14)