unlucky : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: unlucky	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unlucky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unlucky adj having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date" Synonym(s): unlucky, luckless Antonym(s): lucky 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 Synonym(s): doomed, ill-fated, ill- omened, ill-starred, unlucky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unlucky \Unluck"y\, a. 1. Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky* man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game. Note: This word is properly applied to incidents in which failure results from chance or fortuity, as in games of hazard, rather than from lack or feebleness of effort. 2. Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious. Haunt me not with that unlucky face. --Dryden. 3. Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. [Colloq.]