fortunelessadj.
Without (good) fortune, luckless, unfortunate. Also, destitute of a ‘fortune’ or portion.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective]
unseelyOE
ungraciousa1387
infortunatec1390
unhappy1390
haplessa1400
mischancefula1400
unfortunedc1403
infortuneda1413
maleurousa1460
infortunable?a1475
mal-infortunedc1475
unselc1480
mischanced1488
misadventurousa1500
unhap1509
misfortunate1510
mischancya1522
unuredc1525
maleureda1529
unlucky1530
unfortunate1548
luckless1563
unluckly1564
unfortunable1567
untoward1570
unable?1572
sinister1576
unsonsy1578
disaster1584
disastereda1586
disastrous1586
unweirdedc1590
wanhappy?1590
misbefallen1591
fortuneless1596
infelicious1598
misadventured1599
improsperous1602
untoward1632
unhandsome1640
ill-fated1715
donsie?1719
swarthy1756
infelicitous1835
bad luck1872
stiff1919
spooked1937
jinxed1972
the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor
havelessOE
unrichOE
waedlec1000
armOE
nakedOE
helplessc1175
wantsomec1175
poora1200
barec1220
needfula1225
misease?c1225
unwealya1300
needyc1325
feeblec1330
poorful1372
mischievousc1390
miseasedc1390
indigentc1400
meanc1400
naughtyc1400
succourless1412
unwealthyc1412
behove1413
misterousa1425
misterfulc1480
miserablec1485
beggarly1545
starved1563
threadbare1577
penurious1590
fortuneless1596
wealthless1605
wantful1607
necessitous1611
inopulent1613
titheless1615
egene1631
starveling1638
necessitated1646
inopious1656
parsimonious1782
unopulent1782
lacking1805
bushed1819
obolary1820
ill-to-do1853
down at heel1856
po'1866
needsome1870
down-at-heeled1884
rocky1921
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [adjective] > endowing > endowed > not
undowedc1380
unendowed1702
fortuneless1836
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H2 Against all hard mishaps and fortunelesse misfare. View more context for this quotation
a1666 C. Raleigh Brief Relation Ralegh's Troubles (1669) 10 Being a person not full twentie yeers old, left friendlesse and fortune-lesse.
1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 314 Flaunting, fortuneless, over-educated girls.
1864 N. Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe (1891) iv. 41 The utilitarian line of education..especially desirable for a fortuneless boy.
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adj.1596- to —— one's tits off
- to throw up one's cards
- to throw up one's guts
- to throw up one's hands
- to throw up one's hat
- to throw up one's toenails, boots, etc
- to throw up the game
- to throw up the one's hand
- to throw up the sponge
- to throw, put, one's weight behind
- to thrum buttons
- to thrum caps
- to thrust a person's nose out of joint
- to thrust a thing down a person's throat
- to thrust down a person's throat
- to thrust one's nose in
- to thrust one's nose into
- to thrust one's tongue in one's cheek
- to thrust or run one's head in a bush
- to thrust out
- to thrust, to the wall
- to thug it out
- to thumb one's nose
- to thumb the belt of
- to thump a cushion, the pulpit