snakebit

snake·bit

adjective \-ˌbit\

Definition of SNAKEBIT

: having or experiencing failure or bad luck : unlucky

Variants of SNAKEBIT

snake·bit or snake·bit·ten \-ˌbi-t^ən\

Examples of SNAKEBIT

1. The team was snakebit this year, winning only 1 game out of 10.
2. He's so snakebit that nothing he does comes out right.

First Known Use of SNAKEBIT

1957

Related to SNAKEBIT

Synonyms

hapless, hard-luck, ill-fated, ill-starred, jinxed, luckless, unlucky (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy

Antonyms

fortunate, happy, lucky

Related Words

adverse, ill, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising, untoward; calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous; accursed (or accurst), damned, doomed, tragic (also tragical)

Near Antonyms

blessed (also blest), favored, gifted, privileged; auspicious, fair, favorable, golden, promising, propitious

Rhymes with SNAKEBIT

a bit, acquit, admit, armpit, backfit, base hit, befit, bowsprit, bushtit, catch it, cesspit, close-knit, cockpit, commit, cool it, culprit, cut it, demit, dimwit, dog it, do it, emit, firelit, fleapit, gaslit, get it, gill slit, godwit, hack it, half-wit, hard-hit, henbit, house-sit, legit, lit crit, make it, mess kit, misfit, mishit, moonlit, mosh pit, nitwit, no-hit, obit, omit, outfit, outwit, owe it, peewit, permit, pinch-hit, Prakrit, press kit, pulpit, refit, remit, rough it, sandpit, Sanskrit, scratch hit, snake pit, starlit, stock split, submit, sunlit, switch-hit, tar pit, tidbit, tight-knit, tomtit, to wit, transmit, turnspit, twilit, two-bit, unfit, unknit, warp knit, watch it, weft knit, well-knit