ill-fated

ill-fated
adj
1. star-crossed, ill-starred, ill-omened, doomed, born under an evil star; unlucky, luckless, unfortunate, hapless; untoward, unfavorable, adverse, contrary, unpropitious, inauspicious; ill-boding, ominous, sinister, threatening, portentous, menacing, minatory.
2. harmful, hurtful, injurious, damaging, destructive, baneful, baleful, pernicious; ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic.

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  • ill-fated — adj. 1. marked by or promising bad fortune; unsuccessful; as, an ill fated business venture. Syn: ill omened, ill starred, unlucky. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ill-fated — adj literary unlucky and leading to serious problems or death ▪ an ill fated venture …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ill-fated — ill fat|ed [ ıl feıtəd ] adjective MAINLY JOURNALISM likely to end in failure or death: a passenger aboard the ill fated flight …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ill-fated — ill starred, disastrous, *unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless, hapless Analogous words: *ominous, portentous, fateful: malefic, malign, baleful, *sinister …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ill-fated — ill′ fat′ed adj. 1) destined to an unhappy fate: an ill fated voyage[/ex] 2) bringing bad fortune • Etymology: 1700–10 …   From formal English to slang

  • ill-fated — index ominous, portentous (ominous), regrettable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • ill-fated — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ destined to fail or have bad luck …   English terms dictionary

  • ill-fated — [il′fāt′id] adj. 1. having or certain to have an evil fate or unlucky end 2. causing misfortune; unlucky …   English World dictionary

  • ill-fated — ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe something as ill fated, you mean that it ended or will end in an unsuccessful or unfortunate way. England s footballers are back home after their ill fated trip to Algeria. Syn: doomed …   English dictionary

  • ill-fated — adjective marked by or promising bad fortune (Freq. 1) their business venture was doomed from the start an ill fated business venture an ill starred romance the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons W.H.Prescott • Syn: ↑doomed, ↑ill …   Useful english dictionary

  • ill-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. * * * …   Universalium

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