Misfortune
Misfortune noun - Bad luck or an example of this.
Poverty and misfortune are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poverty" instead a noun "Misfortune".
Poverty
Poverty noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Misfortune and poverty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Misfortune" instead a noun "Poverty".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and misfortune
- trouble and poverty
- trial and misfortune
- trial and poverty
- distress and misfortune
- distress and poverty
- ruin and misfortune
- ruin and poverty
- difficulty and misfortune
- difficulty and poverty
- adversity and misfortune
- adversity and poverty
- affliction and misfortune
- affliction and poverty
How words are described
| utter | utter misfortune | utter poverty |
| sheer | sheer misfortune | sheer poverty |
| actual | actual misfortune | actual poverty |
| perpetual | perpetual misfortune | perpetual poverty |
| Other adjectives: constant, severe, massive, extreme, terrible, horrible, early, general, political, eternal, immense, tremendous, impending, unending, said. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Noragami: Kofuku is a binbougami, a god(dess) of misfortune and poverty, but she's very sweet and bubbly and a good friend to Yato, Hiyori, and Yukine.
Source: Bad Powers, Good People - The story deals with issues of womanhood, royalty versus poverty, transgenderism and homosexuality, and makes many homages to Greek and Roman mythology along the way.Misfortune contains examples of: Ambiguous Gender: Rose.
Source: Literature / Misfortune
Cite this Source
Poverty and Misfortune. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/misfortune/poverty
Misfortune & Poverty. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/misfortune/poverty>.
Poverty or Misfortune. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/misfortune/poverty.
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