variants
or snakebitten
as in catastrophic
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck
in retrospect, our assault on the mountain's summit seems to have been snakebit from the get-go
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Recent Examples of snakebit
After the snakebitten franchise, famous for losing four straight Super Bowls in the 1990s, finally snapped a miserable 17-season playoff drought in 2017, then drafted franchise cornerstone quarterback Josh Allen, the Bills have been back, baby.
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Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
The five women sent into the woods for the retreat come back late, drenched, bloody, snakebit and down one member — Alice has disappeared.
—Marion Winik, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
To say the fourth-line center was snakebit is underselling it.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
The Alabama running back tore his ACL against Ole Miss a year ago in what became a snakebit position.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022
But what has made this category of sites providing cryptocurrency and other services based on blockchain technology seem so snakebit?
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022
The perpetually snakebit Jayhawks, who have a lengthy history of N.C.A.A. disappointments — including two years ago when they were ranked No. 1 in the country before the pandemic wiped out the tournament — put those regrets behind them.
—New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
Dollar Man is one of the most snakebit films in Hollywood history.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019
Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
The five women sent into the woods for the retreat come back late, drenched, bloody, snakebit and down one member — Alice has disappeared.
—Marion Winik, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
To say the fourth-line center was snakebit is underselling it.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
The Alabama running back tore his ACL against Ole Miss a year ago in what became a snakebit position.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022
But what has made this category of sites providing cryptocurrency and other services based on blockchain technology seem so snakebit?
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022
The perpetually snakebit Jayhawks, who have a lengthy history of N.C.A.A. disappointments — including two years ago when they were ranked No. 1 in the country before the pandemic wiped out the tournament — put those regrets behind them.
—New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
Dollar Man is one of the most snakebit films in Hollywood history.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snakebit
Adjective
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The floods will return – and some will be catastrophic.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The law defines catastrophic risk narrowly as incidents potentially causing 50+ deaths or $1 billion in damage through weapons assistance, autonomous criminal acts, or loss of control.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Pittman, 63, was credited with stabilizing the program in the wake of the disastrous 4-20 run in two years under Chad Morris (2018-19), and had a 32-34 record in his first FBS head coaching job.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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Inconsistencies in recent years, along with a disastrous 56-13 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, spelled the end of Pittman's tenure at Arkansas.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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The cinematic feature directed by Jordan Hemingway sees Twigs and her friend book a room with an unlucky fellow’s credit card as the scene evolves into a provocative hotel rendezvous sans fellow.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Mikolas suffered a hard-luck setback in his lone meeting with Milwaukee this season.—
Field Level Media,
Reuters,
14 Sep. 2025
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McConaughey plays hard-luck bus driver Kevin McKay, who's responsible for getting more than 20 kids and their teacher (America Ferrera) home while also worrying about his teenage son Sean.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All the rest are likely to shine in movies by good directors, and most actors whose reputations aren’t illustriously artistic have mainly been unfortunate in their collaborations.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Irish butter may now an internationally marketable commodity, but in Swift’s day, the Irish peasantry fought back against their replacement by cattle by maiming and driving the unfortunate cattle off cliffs.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After an 0-2 start, the Chiefs got their first win on Sunday, beating the hapless New York Giants 22-9.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Just ask the Packers, who got dumped by the winless, hapless Browns last weekend.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Vasyanovych plays Roman, a luckless director who’s out of work and trying to shoot his latest film in a country whose dwindling population is still traumatized by the war.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The two will talk about the (now doomed) New York Mets, what’s new at home with Mom, the pets.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Norton, who also serves as an executive producer through his company Rabbit Track Pictures, brings intensity to the role of the doomed English king, while Coster-Waldau delivers a commanding performance as the Norman duke who would reshape English history.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Snakebit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snakebit. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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