Entry Word: unlucky

Function: adjective

Meaning: having, prone to, or marked by bad luck <the unlucky campers had rain all week> <I'm so unlucky I don't bother to play the lottery> <an unlucky throw of the dice>

Synonyms hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy

Related Words adverse, ill, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising, untoward; calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous; damned, doomed, tragic

Near Antonyms blessed, favored, gifted, privileged; auspicious, fair, favorable, golden, promising, propitious

Antonyms fortunate, happy, lucky