Synonyms of ill-fated
39 similar words
Another word for ill-fated is star-crossed. Other synonyms of ill-fated are condemned, damned, cursed, ill-starred and dire.
Synonyms and similar words for ill-fated
adjectiveUnlucky; doomed.
- accursedDoomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
- feyAbout to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
- forebodingOf ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
- inauspiciousNot auspicious; ill-omened.
- condemnedHaving received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.
- cursedUnder some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- star-crossedIll-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.
- sunk
- damnedGodforsaken.
- dead meat slangSomeone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
- doomed
- doneWithout hope or prospect of completion or success.
- finishedDone for; doomed; used up.
- lost
- sentenced
- undone
- augurousFull of augury; foreboding.
- balefulPortending evil; ominous.
- bodefulPortentous; ominous; foreboding.
- bodingForeboding, ominous, portending.
- direWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- disastrousForeboding disaster; ill-omened.
- fatalForeboding death or great disaster.
- ill-bodingWhich bodes evil; portending bad things.
- ill-omenedHaving a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
- ill-starredDoomed to a bad fate; hapless.
- ominous
- brooding
- portentousOminously prophetic.
- presagefulFull of presages; ominous.
- presagiousForeboding; ominous.
- sinisterInauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
- cussed datedCursed, damned.
- divine obsoleteForeboding; prescient.
- inauspicate obsoleteInauspicious.
- nefastous rareInauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened.
- omenic rareHaving the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
- prodigious archaicHaving the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
- sullen obsoleteMischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Meaning of ill-fated
- adjective Unlucky; doomed.
ill-fated in other languages
Questions about synonyms of ill-fated
- What is another word for ill-fated?
- Ill-fated has 39 synonyms on Word.ws, such as star-crossed, condemned, damned, cursed, ill-starred, dire, sinister and done.
- What does ill-fated mean?
- Ill-fated means unlucky; doomed.
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