| English Dictionary |
ILL-STARRED
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does ill-starred mean?
• ILL-STARRED (adjective)
The adjective ILL-STARRED has 1 sense:
1. marked by or promising bad fortune
Familiarity information: ILL-STARRED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by or promising bad fortune
Synonyms:
doomed; ill-fated; ill-omened; ill-starred; unlucky
Context example:
the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons
Similar:
unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
Context examples
I have now concluded. It merely remains for me to substantiate these accusations; and then, with my ill-starred family, to disappear from the landscape on which we appear to be an encumbrance. That is soon done.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"You reap what you sow." (Arabic proverb)
"Shared grief is half grief" (Dutch proverb)