ill-fated

  • 11ill-fated — /il fay tid/, adj. 1. destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill fated voyage. 2. bringing bad fortune. [1700 10] Syn. 1. doomed, hapless, ill starred, jinxed. * * * …

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  • 12ill-fated — adjective an ill fated rebellion Syn: doomed, blighted, damned, cursed, accursed, ill starred, unlucky, hapless, jinxed; disastrous, unfortunate; literary star crossed …

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  • 13ill-fated — adjective Date: 1710 1. having or destined to a hapless fate ; unfortunate < an ill fated expedition > 2. that causes or marks the beginning of misfortune …

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  • 14ill-fated — adjective Unlucky; doomed. My grandfather was originally scheduled to travel on the ill fated last voyage of the RMS Lusitania, but thankfully had to change his plans at the last minute …

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  • 15ill-fated — adj. Ill fated is used with these nouns: ↑attempt, ↑expedition, ↑venture …

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  • 16ill-fated — adjective literary unlucky and leading to serious problems or death: One of the group was killed on the ill fated expedition …

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  • 17ill-fated — UK [ˌɪl ˈfeɪtɪd] / US [ɪlˈfeɪtəd] adjective mainly journalism likely to end in failure or death a passenger aboard the ill fated flight …

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  • 18ill-fated — /ˈɪl feɪtəd / (say il faytuhd) adjective 1. destined to an unhappy fate: an ill fated person. 2. bringing bad fortune …

  • 19ill-fated/ill-starred  — [adj] doomed blighted, catastrophic, destroyed, disastrous, hapless, ill omened, inauspicious, luckless, misfortunate, ruined, star crossed*, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward; concepts 537,548 Ant. happy, lucky …

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  • 20ill-fated — Synonyms and related words: apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bodeful, boding, dark, dire, doomful, dreary, evil, evil starred, fateful, foreboding, gloomy, ill, ill boding, ill omened, ill starred, inauspicious, lowering, menacing, of&#8230; …

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