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ill-starred


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RESULTING IN BAD THINGS HAPPENING BY CHANCE


His ill-starred reign began with a famine and ended with civil war.

Synonyms and examples


unlucky
An unlucky bounce led to the winning goal against the home team.
unfortunate
No one was to blame - it was just an unfortunate accident.
ill-fated
Seven crew members were killed on the ill-fated voyage.
foredoomed
literary
They sent the wrong envoy to the peace talks - the negotiations were foredoomed.
cursed
It's just randomly shut down again! This computer is cursed.
jinxed
That house has been bought and immediately put up for sale again four times in the last two years. It's jinxed.
tough
informal
"Ah, I just missed the deadline!" "Oh, that's tough, mate."

Antonyms and examples


lucky
I keep this rabbit's foot as a little lucky charm.
fortunate
Are you waiting for a taxi? How fortunate! We can ride together, then.
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hapless
star-crossed
literary
luckless
literary
in the wrong place at the wrong time
draw/get the short straw
informal
get the short end of the stick
US and Australian English
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If you are unlucky, bad things happen to you by chance. If something, such as an event or a result, is unlucky, it results in bad things happening by chance.

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ill-starred


adjective
These are words and phrases related to ill-starred. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of ill-starred.

UNFORTUNATE


Synonyms


unfortunate
unlucky
luckless
hapless
unhappy
ill-fated
infelicitous
cursed
unsuccessful
unblest
jinxed
unprosperous
regrettable
wretched
sorry
disastrous
woeful
ill-advised
unfavorable
unpropitious
inopportune
untimely
ill-timed
inauspicious

Antonyms


fortunate
lucky
happy
felicitous
successful
propitious
opportune
timely
auspicious

DISASTROUS


Synonyms


disastrous
ruinous
catastrophic
calamitous
critically injurious
devastating
ill-fated
hapless
inauspicious
dire
harmful
destructive
fatal
dreadful
terrible
tragic
adverse
unfortunate
grievous
desolating
horrendous
harrowing

UNDERPRIVILEGED


Synonyms


underprivileged
disadvantaged
deprived
badly-off
unfortunate
hapless
ill-fated
unlucky
in adverse circumstances
poor
indigent
impoverished
needy
in need
pauperized
penurious
penniless
destitute

Antonyms


advantaged
privileged
affluent
well-off

OMINOUS


Synonyms


ominous
threatening
minatory
menacing
foreboding
sinister
dismaying
disquieting
portentous
fateful
unpromising
unpropitious
unfavorable
inauspicious
portending evil
unlucky
ill-omened
monitory

Antonyms


encouraging
promising
favorable
propitious
auspicious

HAPLESS


Synonyms


hapless
unlucky
unfortunate
jinxed
ill-fated
star-crossed
unhappy
luckless
forlorn
hopeless
miserable
wretched
woeful
cursed
accursed
rotten
Slang
lousy
Slang
no-good
Slang

Antonyms


happy
fortunate
lucky
blessed
charmed

UNSUCCESSFUL


Synonyms


unsuccessful
unlucky
hapless
unfortunate
luckless
unprosperous
thwarted
foiled
baffled
poor
moneyless
penniless
strapped
hard up
badly off
profitless
unprofitable
unremunerative

Antonyms


lucky
fortunate
prosperous
thriving
flourishing
rich
wealthy
well-to-do
well-off
affluent
profitable
remunerative

ILL-FATED


Synonyms


ill-fated
unfortunate
doomed to disaster
ill-omened
doomed
luckless
blighted
unlucky
hapless
destined to end unhappily
jinxed
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