About The Word Ill-starred

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Ill-starred to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Ill-starred definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Ill-starred

Ill-starred Meaning & Definition
Ill-starred Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ill-starred?

[adj] marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ill-starred: doomed | ill-fated | ill-omened | unfortunate | unlucky

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ill-starred: baleful | bodeful | fateful | foreboding | hapless | ill-fated | luckless | malefic | malign | ominous | portentous | sinister | star-crossed | unfavorable | unfortunate | unhappy | unpromising | unpropitious | untoward

See Also |

Ill-starred In Webster's Dictionary

\Ill"-starred`\, a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Copra oil ‐ oil…
  • Oxidized ‐ combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen;…
  • Elf ‐ below 3 kilohertz [n] (folklore) fairies that are somewhat…
  • Thanksgiving cactus ‐ South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often…
  • Trafalgar ‐ a naval battle in 1805 off the SW coast of Spain; the French…
  • Arabidopsis lyrata ‐ a small non-invasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers;…
  • Trousered ‐ dressed…
  • Pibgorn ‐ an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made…
  • For the first time ‐ the initial time; "when Felix first saw a…
  • Covalent bond ‐ a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between…