All bad break synonyms
bad break
B b noun bad break
- kiss of death β a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- pain in the neck β source of annoyance
- on the skids β a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- mischance β a mishap or misfortune.
- raw deal β unjust treatment
- hard cheese β an unpleasant, difficult, or adverse situation: It's hard cheese for the unskilled worker these days.
- bad rap β bum rap.
- frame-up β a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- faux pas β a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
- annoyance β Annoyance is the feeling that you get when someone makes you feel fairly angry or impatient.
- anxiety β Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
- bad news β someone or something regarded as undesirable
- burden β If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- disadvantage β absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disappointment β Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- discomfort β an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- dole β Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969β96.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- inconvenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- misadventure β an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- nuisance β an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- tribulation β grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- unpleasantness β the quality or state of being unpleasant.
- visitation β the act of visiting.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- infelicity β the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.
- hapless β unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
adj bad break
- afflicted β to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- calamitous β If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- cursed β If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- disastrous β causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- ill-fated β destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- inauspicious β not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- star-crossed β thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
- unfavorable β not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unsuccessful β not achieving or not attended with success: an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture.
- untimely β not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune: An untimely downpour stopped the game.
- untoward β unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- cataclysmic β A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
- catastrophic β Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- out of luck β the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.