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Synonyms for bad luck
bad luck
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bad lucknoun
Synonyms:
tough luck, hard luckAntonyms:
good luckbad lucknoun
Misfortune.
Synonyms:
tough luck, hard luckAntonyms:
good luck
Princeton's WordNet
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill lucknoun
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
Synonyms:
mishap, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, mischanceAntonyms:
luckiness, good fortune, good luckbad luck, mischance, mishapnoun
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
"if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
Synonyms:
misadventure, mishap, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, mischanceAntonyms:
luckiness, good fortune, good luckmisfortune, bad lucknoun
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
Synonyms:
mishap, misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, mischanceAntonyms:
good luck, good fortune, luckiness
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#31190 | misfortune | |
#43262 | mishap | |
#81876 | misadventure | |
#246182 | mischance |
How to use bad luck in a sentence?
In a country where cats are still served as foods and stray cats being mistreated are popular, the event is a chance to raise awareness among people, cat is not a sign of bad luck as many Vietnamese think and should be filled with love.
One incident is a coincidence, two incidents are bad luck, but when you talk about three you can say that this is already a pattern that has to be investigated.
When one member of the team got injured, it started a chain of bad luck as the others were left really shaken and then they just panicked, ...One girl got injured, then one girl fell off bars and then you couldn't stop the mistakes.
If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Here you have a young man who volunteers to go to war to help preserve the United States and United States opportunities, at the same time, he thinks he’s going to be a pilot but has the bad luck of not being a pilot because of his blue eyes, or his color blindness. Which also happened to be one of the things that got him such good movie roles, aside from being a great actor, of course. But it was his experience out there that made him realize the difference between people was circumstance.
Translations for bad luck
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- حظ سيءArabic
- mala sortCatalan, Valencian
- smůlaCzech
- uheldDanish
- Unglück, PechGerman
- κακοτυχίαGreek
- malbonŝancoEsperanto
- mala suerteSpanish
- بدشانسیPersian
- huono tuuriFinnish
- malchanceFrench
- mì-àdhScottish Gaelic
- lag-haghyrtManx
- खराब किस्मतHindi
- nasib burukIndonesian
- óhamingja, ógæfaIcelandic
- jella, sfortuna, iella, malasorte, sfigaItalian
- 不運Japanese
- 불운Korean
- adversa, res adversae, fortuna mala, res malaLatin
- pech, ongelukDutch
- uheld, uflaksNorwegian
- pechPolish
- azarPortuguese
- ghinion, nenorocRomanian
- неудача, несчастье, невезениеRussian
- zlostrećaSerbo-Croatian
- oturSwedish
- mifätVolapük
- 厄運Chinese
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