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snakebitten

snakebitten is the alternative form of snakebit.

Meaning of snakebit

Adjective

snakebit (comparative more snakebit, superlative most snakebit)

  1. (informal) Bitten by a snake.
  2. (informal) Experiencing a period of bad luck; unlucky.
    • Bob was feeling snakebit after losing four games.
  3. (informal) Jumpy, as if expecting to struck by sudden misfortune.
    • This was followed by the BP oil spill, which made him look snakebit.2011 March 25, Peggy Noonan, “The Speech Obama Hasn't Given”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  4. (slang) Being drunk and high at the same time.

Origin of snakebitten

From snake + bitten.

Questions about snakebitten

What is snakebitten the alternative form of?
Snakebitten is the alternative form of snakebit.

Words near snakebitten in the dictionary

  1. snakebit
  2. snakebite
  3. snakebite and black
  4. snakebite and blacks
  5. snakebites
  6. snakebitten
  7. snakeboard
  8. snakeboards
  9. snaked
  10. snaked out
  11. snaked up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snakebitten (page history and authors); snakebit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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