Synonyms for ill-fated
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Doomed — unlucky; doomed
doomed, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, disastrous, luckless, hapless, unhappy, fatal, poor, sinister, portentous, dire, baleful, ominous, accursed, foreboding, ill-omened, boding, ill-boding, bodeful, fateful
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Definitions
- adj. 1
unlucky; doomed.
My grandfather was originally scheduled to travel on the ill-fated last voyage of the RMS Lusitania, but thankfully had to change his plans at the last minute.
Example sentences
- unfortunate He has shown remorse for the unfortunate incident.
- doomed Africa's wild animals are doomed to extinction.
- disastrous This can have disastrous results for your career.
- tormented Tom is tormented every night by horrific nightmares.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1, dire1
- 5 letters
- fatal2
- 6 letters
- doomed1, boding
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, unlucky3, ominous3, fateful2, hapless2, baleful2, bodeful
- 8 letters
- sinister3, accursed2, luckless2
- 9 letters
- tormented3
- 10 letters
- disastrous3, foreboding3, portentous3
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fatal2 = 2 syllables).