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Synonyms of ill-fated

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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

  1. adjective Unlucky; doomed.

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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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