Misfortune and Success

Opposite meaning words

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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Success is an antonym for misfortune in disaster topic.

Success noun - A person or thing that is successful.

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Misfortune is an antonym for success in favorable outcome topic.

good	good misfortune	good success
small	small misfortune	small success
actual	actual misfortune	actual success
massive	massive misfortune	massive success
Other adjectives: big, great, early, incredible, further, immense, tremendous, greater, eventual, greatest, recent.

Artistic License History: The ancient Romans were not nearly as pragmatic and rational as the book suggests; they attributed success and misfortune heavily on divine signs and portents, and would have viewed walking corpses as a revenge of angered gods or ancestors.

Source: Literature / The Zombie Survival Guide
I hate the word "fate." Birth, encounters, partings, success and failure, fortune and misfortune in life.

Source: Anime / Mawaru-Penguindrum

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