
Meaning of ILL-STARRED
| Pronunciation: | | 'il'stârd
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] marked by or promising bad fortune; "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 |
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ILL-STARRED is a 11 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, unfortunate, unlucky |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ill"-starred`\, a.
Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or
day.
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| | Related Terms: | | baleful, bodeful, fateful, foreboding, hapless, ill-fated, luckless, malefic, malign, ominous, portentous, sinister, star-crossed, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward |
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