Misfortune
Misfortune noun - Bad luck or an example of this.
Nightmare and misfortune are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Misfortune".
Nightmare
Nightmare noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.
Usage example: that 20-page exam was a nightmare
Misfortune and nightmare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Misfortune" instead a noun "Nightmare".
Nearby Word: nightmarish
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and misfortune
- trouble and nightmare
- trial and misfortune
- trial and nightmare
- burden and misfortune
- burden and nightmare
- distress and misfortune
- distress and nightmare
- difficulty and misfortune
- difficulty and nightmare
- adversity and misfortune
- adversity and nightmare
- affliction and misfortune
- affliction and nightmare
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Nightmare Fetishist: Kotone loves people caught in misfortune
like Junpei.
Source: Manga / Nyan Koi! - Louise manages to summon a powerful familiar, Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon, and She gets the EXTREME misfortune of summoning her when she was sealed away and not reformed yet.
Source: Deconstruction Fic -
The 104th Trainees Corps from Attack on Titan have had nothing but misfortune, weirdness, death, and Nightmare Fuel to deal with literally from the day they graduated.
Source: Doom Magnet
Cite this Source
Nightmare and Misfortune. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/misfortune/nightmare
Misfortune & Nightmare. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/misfortune/nightmare>.
Nightmare or Misfortune. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/misfortune/nightmare.
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