Unlucky synonyms

ŭn-lŭk'ē

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unfortunate
The definition of unfortunate is unlucky, or something that is regrettable or inappropriate.
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unhappy
Sad; wretched; sorrowful
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ill-fated
Destined for misfortune; doomed:
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luckless
Unsuccessful, in a failing manner.
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hapless
Devoid of talent or skill.
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afflicted
Unfortunate
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ill-starred
Unlucky or doomed to disaster
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star-crossed
Opposed by fate; ill-fated:
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apocalyptic
Apocalyptic is defined as something that refers to the Book of Revelation.
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grave
Dignified and solemn or sedate in manner or mien
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luck (related)
Involving or undergoing chance misfortune
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unfavorable (related)
Not propitious
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ill-chosen
Unpropitious
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untimely
At an inopportune time
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ominous (related)
Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.
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inauspicious
The definition of inauspicious is something that is an omen of bad things to come or an unlucky beginning.
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portentous
That portends evil; ominous
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starcrossed
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unpromising
Not likely to develop in a desirable manner:
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untoward
Not favorable or fortunate; adverse, inauspicious, etc.
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jinx
A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.
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fortunate (antonym)
Having unexpected good fortune; lucky.
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happy (antonym)
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
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lucky (antonym)
The definition of lucky is someone who has good fortune, something that brings good fortune, or something that results from good fortune and chance.
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baneful
Exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin.
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dire
Dire is defined as something that is urgent.
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fateful
(Archaic) Revealing what is to come; prophetic
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fire-and-brimstone
Characterized by an impassioned emphasis on damnation and eternal punishment
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hellfire
Portending future disaster
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disappointing
Not up to expectations or hopes:
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warn (related)
Portending future disaster
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doomed
Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
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ill-omened
Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
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cursed
Deserving to be cursed
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disastrous
Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
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foreboding
Ominous.
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ill
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
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inopportune
Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune.
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sorry
(Of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
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Unlucky Sentence Examples

  • He could not have chosen a more unlucky time for his own quiet.

  • It was under these unlucky auspices that the elections of new deputies took place in 1829.

  • A papyrus in London contains a calendar of lucky and unlucky days.

  • The southern and western peoples still practise infanticide as regards children born on several unlucky days in each month.

  • But if the neighbours are hostile the unlucky group is cut off from fire, igni interdicitur.

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