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hard luck
| Main Entry: |
bad luck
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten break |
| Synonyms: | adversity, bad break, blow, devil's own luck, hard cheese, hard luck, hard time, hardship, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, raw deal, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough break, tough luck, tragedy |
| Main Entry: | misfortune/mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casuality, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, stroke of bad luck, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unlucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, doomed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, bad break, behind eight ball, black, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cursed, dire, disastrous, down on luck, hapless, hard luck, ill-fated, ill-starred, inauspicious, luckless, miserable, ominous, out of luck, star-crossed, tough luck, tragic, unfavorable, unhappy, unsuccessful, untimely, untoward |
| Antonyms: | fortunate, happy, lucky |
| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unluck, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
| Antonyms: | piece of luck |
| Main Entry: | haplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hard luck, hardshi |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfortunateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, haplessness, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unluck, unluckiness, unpleasantness, untowardness, visitation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unluckiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, haplessness, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unfortunateness, unluck, unpleasantness, untowardness, visitation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | untowardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad break, bad luck, bad news, blow*, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, haplessness, hard luck, hardship, harm, inconvenience, infelicity, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough luck, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unfortunateness, unluck, unluckiness, unpleasantness, visitation, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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adverse, ambsace, badly off, behindhand, born under an evil star, born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth, calamitous, clouded, decayed, deplorable, devoted, dire, disastrous, down in the world, hapless, ill, ill, improsperous, in a bad way, in adverse circumstances, in an evil plight, in one's utmost need, in trouble, infaust, luckless, on its last legs, on the road to ruin, on the wane, out of luck, planet, quisby, random, ruinous, seismic, stygian, unblest, under a cloud, undone, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unprosperous, untoward, widdershins
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