Hapless

Hapless
adj.
P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, τυχής (Eur., Heracl. 460, but rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Ant. but rare P.), V. μοιρος, (also Plat. but rare P.), ἄμμορος, νολβος.
Unhappy: P. and V. ταλαίπωρος, θλιος, οἰκτρός, Ar. and V. τλήμων, τλας, σχέτλιος, δύστηνος, V. δϊος, δυστλας; see {{U}}Miserable.

Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.

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  • Hapless — Hap less (h[a^]p l[e^]s), a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hapless — index ominous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hapless — (adj.) unfortunate, c.1400, from HAP (Cf. hap) (n.) in the sense good luck + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Haplessly; haplessness …   Etymology dictionary

  • hapless — *unlucky, disastrous, ill starred, ill fated, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless Analogous words: unhappy, infelicitous (see UNFIT): *miserable, wretched …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hapless — [adj] unfortunate behind the eightball*, cursed, hexed, ill fated, ill starred, infelicitous, jinxed, jonah*, loser, luckless, miserable, poor fish*, sad sack*, snakebit*, star crossed*, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, voodooed*, woeful, wretched;… …   New thesaurus

  • hapless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unlucky; unfortunate. DERIVATIVES haplessly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • hapless — [hap′lis] adj. [ HAP1 + LESS] unfortunate; unlucky; luckless haplessly adv. haplessness n …   English World dictionary

  • hapless — [[t]hæ̱pləs[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A hapless person is unlucky. [FORMAL] ...his hapless victim …   English dictionary

  • hapless — adjective Very unlucky; ill fated. We saw the ruins of this hapless city from the height of the tower of San Marco …   Wiktionary

  • hapless — adj. Hapless is used with these nouns: ↑victim …   Collocations dictionary

  • hapless — hap|less [ˈhæpləs] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: hap ( HAPPY)] literary unlucky ▪ The hapless passengers were stranded at the airport for three days …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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