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Ill-starred — a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill starred man or day. Syn: ill fated, ill omened, unlucky. [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill-starred — ill fated, disastrous, *unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless, hapless Analogous words: malefic, malign, baleful, *sinister: *ominous, portentous, fateful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ill-starred — ill′ starred′ adj. unlucky; ill fated • Etymology: 1595–1605 … From formal English to slang
ill-starred — adjective marked by or promising bad fortune (Freq. 3) their business venture was doomed from the start an ill fated business venture an ill starred romance the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons W.H.Prescott • Syn: ↑doomed, ↑ill f … Useful english dictionary
ill-starred — /il stahrd /, adj. 1. doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill fated; unlucky: an ill starred enterprise. 2. disastrous: an ill starred marriage. [1595 1605] * * * … Universalium
ill-starred — adjective Date: 1604 ill fated, unlucky < an ill starred venture > … New Collegiate Dictionary
ill-starred — adj ill omened, ill fated, star crossed, doomed, unlucky. See ill fated (def.1) … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ill-starred — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. luckless, unhappy, ill fated, futile; see doomed , unfortunate 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Involving or undergoing chance misfortune: hapless, ill fated, luckless, star crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky … English dictionary for students
ill-starred — Synonyms and related words: baleful, bodeful, fateful, foreboding, hapless, ill fated, luckless, malefic, malign, ominous, portentous, sinister, star crossed, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward … Moby Thesaurus
ill-starred — a. Unlucky, luckless, unfortunate, ill fated, unhappy … New dictionary of synonyms
