miscarriage

Noun

Meaning

Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.

The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abortion stillbirth spontaneous abortion miss failure error defeat wrong collapse disaster failing mistake fault breakdown mistaken
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Antonyms

fact success victoria win creation pregnancy
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Hypernyms

failure abortion

Hyponyms

incomplete abortion threatened abortion imminent abortion habitual abortion partial abortion

Phrases with the word

deliberate miscarriage early miscarriage miscarriage in progress wilful miscarriage accidental miscarriage miscarriage-inducing drug

Examples

Abby will then tell Chance about her miscarriage five years ago that almost broke her. Source: Internet

About that time, Sonia suffered a miscarriage — an event Sutcliffe cynically alluded to, on at least one occasion, when explaining to a prostitute why he had sought her services. Source: Internet

After the last miscarriage five years ago, she went from one pastor to another for prayers. Source: Internet

After a false pregnancy or miscarriage in 1534, he saw her failure to give him a son as a betrayal. Source: Internet

Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham of Bachelor Nation are expecting their second child together after previously suffering a miscarriage. Source: Internet

Also called miscarriage, spontaneous abortion." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

miscaption miscaptioned miscare miscarriage in progress miscarriage of justice miscarriage-inducing drug