| accident | | |
| n. (event) | 1. accident | an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury. |
| ~ collision | an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object.; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" |
| ~ crash, wreck | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles).; "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" |
| ~ accidental injury, injury | an accident that results in physical damage or hurt. |
| ~ misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| ~ wreck, shipwreck | an accident that destroys a ship at sea. |
| ~ fatal accident, casualty | an accident that causes someone to die. |
| n. (event) | 2. accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ hap | an accidental happening.; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" |
| ~ happy chance, break, good luck | an unexpected piece of good luck.; "he finally got his big break" |
| ~ coincidence, happenstance | an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. |
| ~ lottery | something that is regarded as a chance event.; "the election was just a lottery to them" |
| chance event | | |
| disgrace | | |
| n. (state) | 1. disgrace, ignominy, shame | a state of dishonor.; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" |
| ~ dishonor, dishonour | a state of shame or disgrace.; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor" |
| ~ humiliation | state of disgrace or loss of self-respect. |
| ~ obloquy, opprobrium | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse. |
| ~ odium | state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior. |
| ~ reproach | disgrace or shame.; "he brought reproach upon his family" |
| v. (social) | 2. attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame | bring shame or dishonor upon.; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" |
| ~ befoul, maculate, defile, foul | spot, stain, or pollute.; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take down | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" |
| ~ abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| ~ reduce | lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation.; "She reduced her niece to a servant" |
| ~ dehumanise, dehumanize | deprive of human qualities.; "Life in poverty has dehumanized them" |
| v. (communication) | 4. discredit, disgrace | damage the reputation of.; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" |
| ~ disparage, belittle, pick at | express a negative opinion of.; "She disparaged her student's efforts" |
| mishap | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. bad luck, mischance, mishap | an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" |
| ~ fortune, chance, hazard, luck | an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" |
| n. (event) | 2. misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| ~ accident | an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury. |
| ~ near miss | an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided. |
| ~ derailment | an accident in which a train runs off its track. |
| ~ ground loop | a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground. |
| ~ misfortune, bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event. |
| ~ puncture | loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object. |
| ~ trip, slip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
| ~ crash | (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative.; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" |
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