How unlucky I am!
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Unlucky
//ʌnˈlʌki//
Synonyms for "unlucky" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
unfortunateaccidentalapocalypticbadbadly offbalefulbanefulblackbodefulbodingcalamitouscataclysmiccatastrophiccontrarydarkdepresseddiredirefuldisastrousdonsie
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
jinxedlateloweringlucklessmal a proposmalaproposmenacingmistimedof evil portentoff baseominousout of lineout of luckout of phaseout of timeplanet-struckpoorportendingportentouspremature
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regrettableroughsadshort of lucksinistersombersorrowfulstar crossedstar-crossedthreateningtoo latetoo soontragicunbefittingunblessedunderprivilegedunfavorableunfitunfittingunhandyunhappyunpromisingunpropitiousunprosperousunprovidentialunreadyunripeunseasonableunsuccessfulunsuitableuntimelyuntowardwrong
Adjective(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
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5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ongelukkig adj (unfortunate)
Albanian
3 entries- gullmëzi adj (having ill luck)
- lumëmadh adj (having ill luck)
- lumëzi adj (having ill luck)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δυστυχής adj (unfortunate)
Armenian
1 entries- ձախորդ adj (having ill luck)
Bulgarian
2 entries- неудачен adj (having ill luck)
- нещастен adj (unfortunate)
Catalan
3 entries- desafortunat adj (unfortunate)
- infortunat adj (having ill luck)
- malaurat adj (inauspicious)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بار کەوتوو adj (unfortunate)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 唔好彩 adj (unfortunate)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不幸 adj (unfortunate)
- 不走運 /不走运 adj (unfortunate)
- 倒霉 adj (unfortunate)
Danish
1 entries- unheldig adj (unfortunate)
Finnish
4 entries- epäonninen adj (unfortunate)
- epäonninen adj (having ill luck)
- epäonninen adj (bringing ill luck)
- huono-onninen adj (having ill luck)
French
2 entries- malchanceux adj (having ill luck)
- poissard adj (having ill luck)
German
3 entries- es bringt Unglück adj (bringing ill luck)
- unglückbringend adj (bringing ill luck)
- unglücklich adj (unfortunate)
Irish
2 entries- anrathach adj (having ill luck)
- anrathach adj (bringing ill luck)
Italian
1 entries- sfortunato adj (unfortunate)
Latin
4 entries- infelix adj (inauspicious)
- infēlix adj (unfortunate)
- infēlix adj (having ill luck)
- infēlix adj (bringing ill luck)
Macedonian
4 entries- зло́кобен adj (inauspicious)
- ко́бен adj (bringing ill luck)
- не́среќен adj (unfortunate)
- не́среќен adj (having ill luck)
Māori
3 entries- ringahoea adj (unfortunate)
- wairuatoa adj (unfortunate)
- whakarapa adj (unfortunate)
Norwegian
1 entries- unheldig adj (unfortunate)
Occitan
2 entries- desfortunat adj (unfortunate)
- malastrugat adj (unfortunate)
Old English
1 entries- unġesǣliġ adj (unfortunate)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اوغورسز adj (unfortunate)
- اوغورسز adj (inauspicious)
- اوغورسز adj (bringing ill luck)
- بختسز adj (unfortunate)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onjlekjlich adj (unfortunate)
Portuguese
1 entries- azarado adj (unfortunate)
Romanian
1 entries- nenorocos adj (unfortunate)
Russian
4 entries- злове́щий adj (inauspicious)
- неблагоприя́тный adj (inauspicious)
- невезу́чий adj (having ill luck)
- недо́брый adj (bringing ill luck)
Sikkimese
1 entries- ཇུས་ཉེས adj (unfortunate)
Spanish
4 entries- basiliqueado adj (having ill luck)
- desafortunado adj (unfortunate)
- fucú adj (bringing ill luck)
- infortunado adj (unfortunate)
Turkish
3 entries- uğursuz adj (unfortunate)
- uğursuz adj (inauspicious)
- uğursuz adj (bringing ill luck)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bất hạnh adj (unfortunate)
- không may adj (unfortunate)
- rủi adj (unfortunate)
- rủi ro adj (unfortunate)
Yiddish
1 entries- שלימזלניק adj (having ill luck)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
What an unlucky boy I am!
Source: tatoeba (36101)
Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.
Source: tatoeba (72905)
It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
Source: tatoeba (73326)
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