All ill-starred synonyms

adj ill-starred

• doomed — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
• unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
• poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
• unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
• dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
• destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
• calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
• terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
• harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
• adverse — Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
• cataclysmic — A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
• tragic — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
• dire — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
• ill-fated — destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
• unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
• fateful — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
• ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
• fatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
• mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
• malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
• virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
• poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
• incurable — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
• inevitable — unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
• woeful — full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
• sad — Systems Analysis Definition
• deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
• pitiful — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
• harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
• painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
• grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
• pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
• awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
• grim — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
• appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
• heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
• shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
• deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
• needy — in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.
• deprived — Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
• disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
• depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
• impoverished — reduced to poverty.
• destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
• indigent — lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
• inappropriate — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
• regrettable — causing or deserving regret; unfortunate; deplorable.
• damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
• unmanageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.