All unlucky synonyms
unΒ·luckΒ·y
U u adv unlucky
- lamentably β that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate: a lamentable decision.
noun unlucky
- bad break β misfortune, period of bad luck
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
adj unlucky
- malefic β productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- hexed β to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
- minacious β menacing; threatening.
- lowery β dark and gloomy; threatening: a lowery sky.
- down on β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- fire-and-brimstone β threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
- intimidatory β to make timid; fill with fear.
- ill-omened β having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred.
- hapless β unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
- minatory β menacing; threatening.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- adverse β Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- doomful β foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- anachronistic β You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- disastrous β causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- have no use for β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- bright and early β very early in the morning
- commiserable β worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- hellfire β the fire of hell.
- impendent β impending.
- ill-fated β destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- direful β dreadful; awful; terrible.
- inauspicious β not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- luckless β having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill-fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors.
- in-effective β not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- loury β lowery.
- badly off β If you are badly off, you are in a bad situation.
- ill-boding β foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky: ill-boding stars.
- fatal β causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
adjective unlucky
- mistimed β Done at an inappropriate moment; badly timed.
- doomed β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- discommodious β Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- comminatory β Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
- nocent β harmful; injurious.
- misfortunate β Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- ill β of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- fateful β having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
adverb unlucky
- haplessly β In a hapless manner.
- horribly β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- grievously β causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- disastrously β causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- ironically β pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- alas β You use alas to say that you think that the facts you are talking about are sad or unfortunate.
- fatefully β having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- dismally β causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.