ill-fated as an adjective: - 1
ill-fated
adjective
1 ill-fated
Marked by or promising bad fortune:
— An ill-fated business venture.
synonyms: doomed, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky.
Roget 735:
unfortunate,
unblest†,
unhappy,
unlucky;
improsperous†,
unprosperous;
hoodooed [U.S.];
luckless,
hapless;
out of luck;
in trouble,
in a bad way,
in an evil plight;
under a cloud;
clouded;
ill off,
badly off;
in adverse circumstances;
poor
etc.
804;
behindhand,
down in the world,
decayed,
undone;
on the road to ruin,
on its last legs,
on the wane;
in one's utmost need.
planet-struck,
devoted;
born under an evil star,
born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth;
ill-fated,
ill-starred,
ill-omened.
adverse,
untoward;
disastrous,
calamitous,
ruinous,
dire,
deplorable.
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Roget 135:
ill-timed,
mistimed;
ill-fated,
ill-omened,
ill-starred;
untimely,
unseasonable;
out of date,
out of season;
inopportune,
timeless,
intrusive,
untoward,
mal a propos [Fr.],
unlucky,
inauspicious,
infelicitous,
unbefitting,
unpropitious,
unfortunate,
unfavorable;
unsuited
etc.
24;
inexpedient
etc.
647.
unpunctual
etc.
(late)
133;
too late for;
premature
etc.
(early)
132;
too soon for;
wise after the event,
monday morning quarterbacking,
twenty-twenty hindsight.
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Moby thesaurus: 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 evil portent, ominous, portending, portentous, sinister, somber, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward ... show more.
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