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55 words match “LUCKY”

Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences. All the several ills that visit earth, Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth. B. Jonson.

SINISTER-HANDED a.

Left-handed; hence, unlucky. [Obs.] Lovelace.

SONCY; SONSY a.

Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.

corrupt. -- To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it; figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang, U.S.] -- To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good luck. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- To strike out. (a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike out sparks with steel. (b) To b…

A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death. Theta function (Math.), one of a group of functions used in developing the…

osses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.

Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n.

Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

In an unlucky manner.

Quality or state of being unlucky.

UNSUCCESSFUL a.

not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n.

Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. -- Un*to"ward*ness, n.

To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. The unlucky art of wheedling fools. Dryden. And wheedle a world that loves him not. Tennyson.