Fortune
Fortune noun - What is going to happen to someone in the time ahead.
Nearby Words: fortunate, fortuneless, fortuned
Ill
Ill noun - Bad luck or an example of this.
Usage example: the travelers merrily set off on their journey, scarcely imagining the ills that would befall them
Nearby Word: illness
How words are described
| good | good fortune | good ill |
| particular | particular fortune | particular ill |
Both words in one sentence
- The terminally ill Troy Phelan from John Grisham's novel The Testament commits suicide and screws his family (whom he hates) out of his eleven billion dollar fortune, giving it all to an illegitimate daughter instead.
Source: Thanatos Gambit - However, she is also portrayed as good-hearted and generous, loyal to Sara even after she loses both father and fortune, and nurses Sara when she falls seriously ill.
Source: Book Dumb -
Even Rance, who doesn't come to the castle the normal way, counts thanks to the Curse of ill-fortune he was suffering from.
Source: Literature / Castle Perilous
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