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ILL-STARRED Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ILL-STARRED is ill-fated, unlucky. How to use ill-starred in a sentence.
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ILL-STARRED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
ill-fated Synonyms doomed unlucky Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples resulting in bad things happening by chance.
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ILL-STARRED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words
Synonyms for ILL-STARRED: unfortunate, unhappy, disastrous, luckless, hapless, unfavorable, ill-fated, hard-luck; Antonyms of ILL-STARRED: ...
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ill-starred
ill-starred, a. (ˈɪlˈstɑːd) [f. ill a. + star n. + -ed2.] Born under, or having one's fortunes governed by, an evil star (according to astrological belief); unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated.1604 Shakes. Oth. v. ii. 272 How dost thou looke now? Oh ill-Starr'd wench, Pale as thy Smocke. a 1763 Shenston...
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ill-starred - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
ill-starred (comparative more ill-starred, superlative most ill-starred). Doomed to a bad fate; hapless. Synonyms: ill-omened, star-crossed; ...
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ill-starred adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ill-starred adjective /ˌɪl ˈstɑːd/ /ˌɪl ˈstɑːrd/ (formal) not lucky and likely to bring unhappiness or to end in failure.
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ILL-STARRED - 179 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English
RESULTING IN BAD THINGS HAPPENING BY CHANCE. His ill-starred reign began with a famine and ended with civil war. Synonyms and examples. unlucky.
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ILL-STARRED definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky an ill-starred enterprise 2. disastrous an ill-starred marriage
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ill-starred, adj. meanings, etymology and more
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective ill-starred. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Ill-starred - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
marked by or promising bad fortune “an ill-starred romance” synonyms: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, star-crossed, unlucky unfortunate not favored by fortune.
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ill-starred - English-Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com
ill-starred - Translation to Spanish, pronunciation, and forum discussions.
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ILL-FATED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for ILL-FATED: unfortunate, unhappy, disastrous, hapless, luckless, unfavorable, ill-starred, doomed; Antonyms of ILL-FATED: happy, fortunate, lucky, favored ...
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ill-omened
ill-omened, a. (ˈɪlˈəʊmɛnd) [parasynth. f. ill omen + -ed2.] Having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred; inauspicious.1685 Dryden Thren. August. 48 Soon as the ill-omened rumour reached his ear. 1738 Glover Leonidas ii. 285 Which you exact from these ill-omen'd lips. 1832 Lytton Eugene A. i. iv, W...
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