About The Word Ill-starred
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Ill-starred
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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.
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