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Definition of Bad luck
1. Noun. An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.
Generic synonyms: Circumstances, Destiny, Fate, Fortune, Lot, Luck, Portion
Specialized synonyms: Weakness, Adversity, Hard Knocks, Hardship, Gutter, Sewer, Toilet, Hard Cheese
Antonyms: Good Luck, Good Fortune
2. Noun. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate. "If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
3. Noun. Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event.
Generic synonyms: Trouble
Specialized synonyms: Pity, Shame, Misadventure, Mischance, Mishap, Calamity, Cataclysm, Catastrophe, Disaster, Tragedy, Adversity, Hardship, Knock
Definition of Bad luck
1. Noun. Misfortune. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bad Luck
Literary usage of Bad luck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"if you have bad luck, keep retired so as not to redouble the influence of your
unlucky star. xxxvii Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them. ..."
2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"V CYNICISM GOOD AND bad luck GOOD LUCK is the gayest of all gay girls; ...
But Madame bad luck soberly comes And stays—no fancy has she for flitting; ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... Castle at Carrickmacross that time, and that they put a rope round the agent's
neck and were going to hang him at his own door." '"bad luck to them for ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"Badge, seize upon him. (He meets Mrs M. returning.) \st Voice. bad luck to Punch
and Judy. (T/te Conspirators scour off", ..."
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