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ill fortune

noun as in ill wind

noun as in raw deal

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Example Sentences

But who knows; he was perhaps more exasperated by ill fortune, delirium, or despair, than really bad at heart.

The 'Satanita' was a particularly unlucky boat, and on the Clyde her ill fortune passed into a proverb.

To every other application made elsewhere Newton met with the same ill fortune.

Pleased as he was with what he found, he still incessantly grumbled at his ill-fortune.

Such was the situation of Montrose, that very good or very ill fortune was equally destructive to him, and diminished his army.

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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill fortune, such as: calamity, catastrophe, crunch, difficulty, disaster, and hardship.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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