hard luck

hard luck

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahrd luhk]
- /hɑrd lʌk/
- /hɑːd lʌk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahrd luhk]
- /hɑrd lʌk/

Definitions of hard luck words

uncountable noun hard luck If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault. 0
uncountable noun hard luck If someone says that a bad situation affecting you is just your hard luck, they do not care about it or think you should be helped, often because they think it is your fault. 0
convention hard luck You can say 'hard luck' to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do. 0
noun hard luck bad luck; unluckiness 0
exclamation hard luck used to express that something is unlucky 0
interjection hard luck Expressed to someone suffering misfortune. 0

See all 6 definitions of hard luck

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Parts of speech for Hard luck

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adjective

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adverb

pronoun

preposition

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determiner

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Full grammatical hierarchy of Hard luck

hard luck popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

hard luck usage trend in Literature

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