Associations to the word «Mishap»

Wiktionary

MISHAP, noun. An accident, mistake, or problem.
MISHAP, noun. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.

Dictionary definition

MISHAP, noun. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all".
MISHAP, noun. An instance of misfortune.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne