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单词 hard-luck
释义

hard-luck

adjective

ˈhärd-ˌlək How to pronounce hard-luck (audio)
: marked by, relating to, or experiencing bad luck or difficulty
another loss for the team's hard-luck pitcher
hard-luck stories

Synonyms

  • hapless
  • ill-fated
  • ill-starred
  • jinxed
  • luckless
  • snakebit
  • snakebitten
  • star-crossed
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unlucky
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Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

hard-luck

adjective

as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck a hard-luck ball club that never could get the breaks it needed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • luckless
  • hapless
  • unlucky
  • disastrous
  • snakebit
  • unfavorable
  • doomed
  • tragic
  • jinxed
  • star-crossed
  • snakebitten
  • ill-starred
  • adverse
  • ill-fated
  • damned
  • catastrophic
  • inauspicious
  • tragical
  • unpromising
  • calamitous
  • accursed
  • ill
  • untoward
  • accurst

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lucky
  • fortunate
  • happy
  • favored
  • privileged
  • gifted
  • favorable
  • promising
  • golden
  • fair
  • blessed
  • propitious
  • blest
  • auspicious
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