Caitiff: alternatives and connections

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event;…

In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adver…

An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged,…

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.

Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.

Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.

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The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.

Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are depl…

Unprosperous; unfortunate.

An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.

Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an und…