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| 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: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hardship, adversity |
| Synonyms: | bad luck, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, crunch, destitution, difficulty, disaster, downer, drag*, exigency, hard knocks, hard time, holy mess, hot water, indigence, jam*, misfortune, need, pickle, pinch*, poverty, privation, rigor, rotten luck, scrape*, straits, throe, ticklish spot, tough break, tough luck, trial, trouble, unholy mess, vicissitude, want |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, miracle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning away; ignoring |
| Synonyms: | brushoff, check, cold shoulder, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, go-by, hard time, insult, kick in the teeth, nix, nothing doing, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down, turndown |
| Antonyms: | inclusion, welcome |
| Main Entry: | rebuke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reprimand; harsh criticism |
| Synonyms: | admonishment, admonition, affliction, bawling-out, berating, blame, castigation, censure, chewing-out, chiding, comeuppance, condemnation, correction, disapproval, dressing-down, earful, expostulation, going-over, hard time, kick in the teeth, lecture, lesson, objurgation, ostracism, punishment, put-down, rap, rating, rebuff, refusal, remonstrance, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, repulse, row, scolding, slap in the face, snub, talking-to, telling-off, tongue-lashing, upbraiding |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | rejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, refusal |
| Synonyms: | bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, disallowance, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, hard time, kick in teeth, nix, no dice, no go, no way, nothing doing, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, slap in the face, thumbs down, turndown, veto |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratification, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reprimand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oral punishment |
| Synonyms: | admonishment, admonition, bawling out, blame, calling down, castigation, censure, chiding, comeuppance, dressing-down, going over, grooming, hard time, lecture, piece of one's mind, ragging, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reproof, scolding, slap on wrist, talking-to, telling-off, tongue-lashing, what for |
| Antonyms: | forgiveness, praise, reward |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, calvary, care, complication, cross to bear, crucible, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hard time, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck, pest, plague, rigor, severe test, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, trying time, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tribulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross, bad luck, blow*, bummer, burden, care, cross to bear, crucible, curse, difficulty, distress, double whammy, downer, drag*, grief, hard knock, hard time, headache, heartache*, misery, misfortune, oppression, ordeal, persecution, rainy day, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, wronging |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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