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/mɪsˈfɔːl/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly..
Sometime ſhe feared, leaſt ſome hard miſhap / Had him misfalne in his aduenturous queſt; [...]
[...] let us abide together that, one with the counsel and that other with the deed, then may there nothing misfall to usward.
However, the principal and his students worked hard, and they soon had the buildings in shape for use and the farm doing as well as possible. Then a terrible misfortune misfell one of the neighbors who was most bitter in his tirades.
But alas! an unlooked- for misfall has occurred."
Use misfall when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misfall means (ambitransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sometime ſhe feared, leaſt ſome hard miſhap / Had him misfalne in his aduenturous queſt; [...]
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