Related Words for bad luck

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misfortune
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Noun
mishap
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Noun, Noun, Verb
unfortunate
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Adjective
tough luck
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Phrase, Noun
accident
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Noun
reverse
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Noun
harm
/
Noun
one of those things
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Phrase, Noun
disaster
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Noun
bad news
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Phrase, Noun
misadventure
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Noun
calamity
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Noun
casualty
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Noun
curse
/
Noun
ruin
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Noun
jinx
/
Noun
worse
/
Adjective
misery
/xx
Noun
fate
/
Noun
unfairness
x/x
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
risk
/
Noun
haphazard
x/x
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun
pity
/x
Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
loss
/
Noun
long odds
//
Phrase, Noun
inconvenient
xx/x
Adjective
predicament
x/xx
Noun
wretch
/
Noun
doom
/
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
ugly
/x
Adjective
sad sack
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Phrase, Noun
pessimism
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Noun
futility
x/xx
Noun
debacle
x/x
Noun
penalty
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Noun
catastrophe
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Noun
insult
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Noun
narrow escape
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Phrase, Noun
foreboding
x/x
Noun
loser
/x
Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
mischief
/x
Noun
imprudence
x/x
Noun
fail
/
Verb
failure
/x
Noun
accident of birth
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Phrase, Noun
portent
/x
Noun
fiasco
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Noun
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
occupational hazard
xx/xx/x
Name, Name
fallout
/x
Noun
hazard
/x
Noun
bad hair day
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Phrase, Noun
injury
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Noun
unwanted
x/x
Adjective
downside
/x
Noun
shenanigans
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Noun
disaster waiting to happen
x/x/x//x
Phrase, Noun
ugliness
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Noun
consequence
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Noun
unexpected
xx/x
Adjective
scorn
/
Noun
wrongdoing
/xx
Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective
hell or high water
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Phrase, Noun, Adverb
fatal
/x
Adjective
losing streak
/x/
Phrase, Noun
drawback
/x
Noun
improbability
x/x/xx
Noun
setback
/x
Noun
indisposition
xxx/x
Noun
plague
/
Noun
mire
/
Noun
upset
x/
Noun
infamy
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Noun
forfeit
/x
Verb
discontent
xx/
Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
balk
/
Noun
perdition
x/x
Noun
plight
/
Noun
anathema
x/xx
Noun
inadmissibility
xx/x/xx
Noun
horrible
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Adjective
bind
/
Noun
disdain
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Noun
abominable
x/xxx
Adjective
abuse
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Noun, Verb
abusive
x/x
Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
acute
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
adverse
x/
Adjective
affliction
x/x
Noun
agility
x/xx
Noun
agreeable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
ailment
/x
Noun
alignment
x/x
Noun
amiss
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
angry
/x
Adjective, Verb
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
anything
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Noun, Adverb
apostles
x/x
Noun
appalling
x/x
Adjective
ashamed
x/
Adjective
astray
x/
Adverb
astrological
xx/xx
Adjective
atrocious
x/x
Adjective
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
awry
x/
Adverb, Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
bargain
/x
Noun, Verb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beastly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
bleak
/
Adjective, Noun
blessing
/x
Noun
bliss
/
Noun
boon
/
Noun, Adjective
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bravery
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Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
can
/
Verb, Noun
cease
/
Verb, Noun
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
charm
/
Noun, Verb
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
cheesy
/x
Adjective
chess
/
Noun
circumstances
/xxx
Noun
clover
/x
Noun
clumsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
coincidence
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Noun
company
/xx
Noun, Verb
conciliation
xxx/x
Noun
corky
/x
Name, Adjective
corrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb
counterfeit
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
courage
/x
Noun, Verb
cow
/
Noun, Verb
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crappy
/x
Adjective
crime
/
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
crummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
daddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
damaged
/x
Adjective
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deadlocked
/x
Adjective
decomposed
xx/
Verb, Adjective
defaulting
x/x
Noun
defective
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
degraded
x/x
Adjective
deleterious
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Adjective
delicate
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Adjective, Noun
delinquent
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Adjective, Noun
deplorable
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Adjective, Noun
depressed
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Adjective
design
x/
Noun, Verb
despicable
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Adjective, Noun
destiny
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Noun
deteriorated
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Verb
detrimental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
devastating
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Adjective
dexterity
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Noun
dice
/
Noun, Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
dirtiest
/xx
Adjective
disadvantageous
xxx/x
Adjective
disagreeable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
disease
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Noun, Verb
disgusting
x/x
Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
disorderly
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
disrepair
xx/
Noun, Verb
disruptive
x/x
Adjective
distressing
x/x
Adjective
docs
/
Noun
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dogmatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
doubtful
/x
Adjective, Noun
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
dreadful
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dubious
/xx
Adjective
dumb
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
durum
/x
Noun
egregious
x/x
Adjective
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
embarrassed
x/x
Adjective
erg
/
Noun, Verb
erroneous
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Adjective
error
/x
Noun, Verb
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
exasperating
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Adjective
exits
/x
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
exponent
/xx
Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
fainting
/x
Noun
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
faltering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fateful
/x
Adjective
faulty
/x
Adjective
faust
/
Name
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
fearful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
few
/
Noun
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
flawed
/
Adjective
fluke
/
Noun, Verb
forged
/
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fortunately
/xxx
Adverb
fortune
/x
Noun, Verb
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
freaky
/x
Adjective
frightful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
ghastly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
girl
/
Noun, Verb
gloomy
/x
Adjective, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
good luck
//
Phrase, Noun
goodness
/x
Noun
grainy
/x
Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grim
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
gruesome
/x
Adjective
guilty
/x
Adjective, Noun
hairy
/x
Adjective
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
happiest
/xx
Adjective
happiness
/xx
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb