Luckless

Luckless
adj.
P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (Eur., Heracl. 460, but rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Antiph. but rare P.), δύστηνος, V. δάϊος, ἄμμορος, ἄμοιρος (also Plat. but rare P.); see Hapless, Miserable.

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

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?
Synonyms:
, , , , , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • Luckless — Luck less, a. Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. [1913 Webster] Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden. {Luck less*ly}, adv.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

  • luckless — (adj.) 1560s, from LUCK (Cf. luck) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Lucklessly; lucklessness …   Etymology dictionary

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

  • luckless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfortunate …   English terms dictionary

  • luckless — [luk′lis] adj. having no good luck; unlucky lucklessly adv. lucklessness n …   English World dictionary

  • luckless — [[t]lʌ̱kləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone or something as luckless, you mean that they are unsuccessful or unfortunate. [LITERARY] ...the luckless parent of an extremely difficult child. ...the President s luckless tour of… …   English dictionary

  • luckless — lucklessly, adv. lucklessness, n. /luk lis/, adj. having no luck; unfortunate; hapless; ill fated; turning out or ending disastrously: a luckless venture that ruined many of the investors. [1555 65; LUCK + LESS] * * * …   Universalium

  • luckless — adjective a) Unsuccessful, in a failing manner. The search party returned dejected from the luckless search. b) Without luck …   Wiktionary

  • luckless — luck|less [ˈlʌkləs] adj literary having no luck in something you are trying to do = ↑unfortunate ▪ He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • luckless — adjective literary having no luck in something you are trying to do: He died in the desert like so many other luckless explorers …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”