misadventure

hazard

Source of potential harm

• perilSerious threat of harm
• dangerExposure to harm
• jeopardyRisk of harm

recklessness · foolhardy · ill-fated · ill-advised · gamble · venture · escapade · exploit · caper · lark

blunder

Foolish, costly mistake

• fiascoHumiliating public failure
• debacleSudden, complete failure
• snafuConfused, botched situation

bungle · botch · gaffe · faux pas · slip · flub · goof · error · oversight · miscalculation

injury

Physical or psychological harm

• collisionForceful contact between objects
• fallDescend under gravity
• drowningDeath by water inhalation

fracture · concussion · trauma · fatality · casualty · wreck · derailment · coroner · inquest · unintentional

trouble

Difficulty or distress

• quagmireSoft, wet ground
• plightDifficult, dangerous situation
• dilemmaForced choice between undesirables

bind · pickle · jam · mess · scrape · fix · hot water · tight spot · entanglement · impasse

• traveller's taleexotic lands, sea voyage, shipwreck, narrow escape, lost city
• comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
• death investigationautopsy report, cause of death, death certificate, coroner's office, forensic pathologist
• disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
• hardshipshardship, adversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties
• narrativesnovel, short story, memoir, fable, tale