Synonyms and antonyms of Bad luck and relating to bad luck in British Thesaurus

misfortune (noun)

bad luck

unfortunate (adjective)

experiencing bad luck, or caused by bad luck

unlucky (adjective)

if you are unlucky, something bad happens to you, or something good does not happen, especially by chance

jinxed (adjective)

someone or something that is jinxed has a lot of bad luck

unhappy (adjective)

used about something bad that happens because of bad luck

mischance (noun)

mainly literary bad luck, or something that is caused by bad luck

down on your luck ()

having a long period of difficulty finding work and earning money

out of luck ()

unable to have or do something that you wanted

a run of good/bad luck ()

a period of time when good/bad things happen to you

just my luck ()

used for saying that something bad happened because you are not a lucky person

curse (noun)

the words used for causing bad luck

hard-luck (adjective)

used for describing a person or group that has had a lot of trouble and bad luck in their lives

ill-starred (adjective)

mainly literary not lucky and likely to fail, cause problems, or have problems

jinx (noun)

informal a force that brings bad luck that often affects someone or something

jinx (noun)

informal someone or something that causes bad luck

luckless (adjective)

not lucky

no such luck ()

used for saying that something good that might have happened did not happen

star-crossed (adjective)

literary continuously affected by bad luck

unlucky (adjective)

used about someone to whom bad things often happen