Synonyms of snakebit

snakebit

adjective

ˈsnāk-ˌbit 

variants or snakebitten

as in unfortunate

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 & Similar Words

• unfortunate
• unhappy
• disastrous
• unlucky
• catastrophic
• hard-luck
• hapless
• luckless
• jinxed
• doomed
• unfavorable
• tragic
• star-crossed
• ill-fated
• adverse
• damned
• ill-starred
• inauspicious
• unpromising
• ill
• calamitous
• untoward
• accursed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fortunate
• lucky
• happy
• gifted
• privileged
• favorable
• favored
• fair
• golden
• promising
• blessed
• propitious
• auspicious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snakebit

The most obvious someone is Ross Colton, who has played well since returning to the lineup but has had two snakebitten seasons in a row and was a healthy scratch to start the playoffs. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 May 2026

The rest of the Dodgers’ offense finally broke out on Monday, against a snakebitten Astros pitching staff. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026

For years, Tomlinson felt snakebit. — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026

No Red Wings player had been more snakebitten through the first eight games and two periods than Alex DeBrincat. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025

While both teams were in position to flip some results, the Ravens have to feel a little snakebitten with how their games have played out, including a couple of fourth-quarter Derrick Henry fumbles. — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025

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. — 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