Crash
Crash noun - The violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact.
Misfortune and crash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Misfortune" instead a noun "Crash".
Misfortune
Misfortune noun - Bad luck or an example of this.
Crash and misfortune are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crash" instead a noun "Misfortune".
How words are described
| good | good crash | good misfortune |
| simple | simple crash | simple misfortune |
| actual | actual crash | actual misfortune |
| massive | massive crash | massive misfortune |
| Other adjectives: big, serious, terrible, horrible, tragic, new, possible, catastrophic, fatal, inevitable, random, impending, said, comic, recent, aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- If she hadn't suffered the misfortune (missing the bus), she would have died (in the bus crash).
Source: Lifesaving Misfortune - Quite often, when a story calls for a plane crash, an in-flight incident, or some other misfortune to happen to a passenger plane or airline service, Hollywood (and sometimes other media) decides to name the service Oceanic Airlines.
Source: Oceanic Airlines -
In New Zealand's "Wheel of Misfortune" PSA, Death is a carnie sitting at a traffic intersection next to a wheel with alternating slots for "near miss", "minor crash", "major crash", and "death" (and, in a single teeny-tiny slot, "miracle").
Source: The Grim Reaper
Cite this Source
Misfortune and Crash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/misfortune
Crash & Misfortune. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/misfortune>.
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