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Meaning of ILL-FATED

Pronunciation:  'il'feytid

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 Definition: [adj]  marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
 
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 Synonyms: doomed, ill-omened, ill-starred, unfortunate, unlucky
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bodeful, boding, dark, dire, doomful, dreary, evil, evil-starred, fateful, foreboding, gloomy, ill, ill-boding, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, lowering, menacing, of evil portent, ominous, portending, portentous, sinister, somber, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward
 

 

 

 

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