"bad luck" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
subtypes:
- weakness - the condition of being financially weak
- adversity, hard knocks, hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction
- gutter, sewer, toilet - misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
- hard cheese - bad luck
same as: ill luck, misfortune, tough luck
is a type of: chance, fortune, hazard, luck - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

same as: mischance, mishap
is a type of: trouble - an event causing distress or pain
subtypes:
- pity, shame - an unfortunate development
- misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune
- calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- adversity - a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
- hardship - something that causes or entails suffering
- knock - a bad experience
same as: misfortune