snakebit
snakebit
adjectiveDefinition of SNAKEBIT
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>
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
Variants of SNAKEBIT
snakebit or snakebitten
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