hard-luck

hard–luck

adjective

Definition of HARD-LUCK

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

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

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

Antonyms fortunate, happy, lucky