ill wind
noun
Roget 649:
hurtfulness
etc.
adj.;
virulence.
evil doer
etc.
913;
bane
etc.
663;
plague spot
etc.
(insalubrity)
657;
evil star,
ill wind;
hoodoo;
Jonah;
snake in the grass,
skeleton in the closet;
amari aliquid [Lat.],
thorn in the side.
malignity;
malevolence
etc.
907;
tender mercies [Iron.].
ill-treatment,
annoyance,
molestation,
abuse,
oppression,
persecution,
outrage;
misusage
etc.
679;
injury
etc.
(damage)
659;
knockout drops [U.S.].
badness
etc.
adj.;
peccancy†,
abomination;
painfulness
etc.
830;
pestilence
etc.
(disease)
655;
guilt
etc.
947;
depravity
etc.
945.
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Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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Roget 735:
adversity,
evil
etc.
619;
failure
etc.
732;
bad luck,
ill luck,
evil luck,
adverse luck,
hard fortune,
hard hap,
hard luck,
hard lot;
frowns of fortune;
evil dispensation,
evil star,
evil genius†;
vicissitudes of life,
ups and downs of life,
broken fortunes;
hard case,
hard lines,
hard life;
sea of troubles;
peck of troubles;
hell upon earth;
slough of despond.
trouble,
hardship,
curse,
blight,
blast,
load,
pressure.
pressure of the times,
iron age,
evil day,
time out of joint;
hard times,
bad times,
sad times;
rainy day,
cloud,
dark cloud,
gathering clouds,
ill wind;
visitation,
infliction;
affliction
etc.
(painfulness)
830;
bitter pill;
care,
trial;
the sport of fortune.
mishap,
mischance,
misadventure,
misfortune;
disaster,
calamity,
catastrophe;
accident,
casualty,
cross,
reverse,
check,
contretemps,
rub;
backset†,
comedown,
setback [U.S.].
losing game;
falling
etc.
v.;
fall,
downfall;
ruination,
ruinousness;
undoing;
extremity;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
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