unlucky
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈlʌki/
- Rhymes: -ʌki
Adjective
unlucky (comparative unluckier or more unlucky, superlative unluckiest or most unlucky)
- Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, Act V, scene ii, page 338:
- I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.
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- Inauspicious.
- Having ill luck.
- Bringing ill luck.
Derived terms
Translations
unfortunate
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inauspicious
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having ill luck
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bringing ill luck
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References
- unlucky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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