Break and Misfortune

Opposite meaning words

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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Misfortune is an antonym for break in topics: fissure, change from friendly to unfriendly relationship, lucky happening, interruption of activity.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Misfortune noun - Bad luck or an example of this.

Usage example: our misfortunes of the last year included the loss of a beloved pet

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Break is an antonym for misfortune.

good	good break	good misfortune
small	small break	small misfortune
actual	actual break	actual misfortune
severe	severe break	severe misfortune
Other adjectives: massive, big, serious, new, possible.

Vinnie, a recurring character in Gargoyles, repeatedly suffers misfortune at the Gargoyles hands and finally seems to break under the pressure, muttering constantly that he's going to take his revenge.

Source: Restrained Revenge
Can be taken to the point of Break the Cutie, and if the amount of misfortune seems too great it may result in Deus Angst Machina.

Source: The Woobie
This girl (at least during her teenage years) doesn't get a break: her family is impoverished and linked to an infamous gang of robbers, she's often starving, is implied to be not right in the head, and has the misfortune to fall in unrequited love with her neighbor.

Source: The Tragic Rose

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