Thesaurus / hard luck
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synonyms for hard luck
- adversity
- hardship
- hard time
- misfortune
- setback
- tragedy
- bad break
- blow
- devil's own luck
- hard cheese
- ill luck
- mischance
- raw deal
- reverse
- rotten luck
- tough break
- tough luck
- calamity
- catastrophe
- collapse
- crash
- debacle
- defeat
- emergency
- failure
- fiasco
- flood
- harm
- hazard
- holocaust
- mishap
- setback
- tragedy
- woe
- adversity
- affliction
- bale
- bane
- blight
- blow
- bust
- casualty
- cataclysm
- collision
- depression
- exigency
- fall
- flop
- grief
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- reverse
- rock
- rough
- ruin
- ruination
- slip
- stroke
- undoing
- upset
- washout
- act of God
- bad luck
- bad news
- bad thing
- fell stroke
- hot water
- ill luck
- the worst
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- hardshi
- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- calamity
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- hardship
- inconvenience
- misadventure
- misery
- mishap
- setback
- tragedy
- tribulation
- accident
- annoyance
- anxiety
- blow
- burden
- casualty
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- dole
- failure
- harm
- infelicity
- loss
- mischance
- nuisance
- reverse
- trial
- trouble
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
- bad break
- bad news
- bad thing
- rotten luck
- tough luck
- unluck
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casuality
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- stroke of bad luck
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unluck
- unluckiness
- unpleasantness
- untowardness
- visitation
- worry
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unfortunateness
- unluck
- unpleasantness
- untowardness
- visitation
- worry
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unfortunateness
- unluck
- unluckiness
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
On this page you'll find 432 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hard luck, such as: hapless, miserable, tragic, unhappy, luckless, and afflicted.
- achievement
- advantage
- attainment
- benefit
- blessing
- boon
- good fortune
- good luck
- happiness
- joy
- miracle
- success
- victory
- win
- wonder
- aid
- building
- creation
- encouragement
- fortune
- health
- help
- prosperity
- triumph
- advantage
- aid
- benefit
- blessing
- boon
- boost
- comfort
- delight
- ease
- encouragement
- favor
- fortune
- gain
- good fortune
- good luck
- happiness
- help
- joy
- miracle
- pleasure
- profit
- relief
- success
- wonder
- accomplishment
- achievement
- calmness
- contentment
- peace
- win
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use hard luck in a sentence
Tell him of fights, of men that wouldn't give up, but fought their way out of hard luck.
A YANKEE FROM THE WESTOPIE READBut he had hard luck, too, for another carbuncle developed at Melbourne and kept him laid up for nearly a week.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEWhile gloomily grieving over his hard luck, the faint odor of rice-wine seemed borne on the breeze.
JAPANESE FAIRY WORLDWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFISBesides, the Briton came out of the affair with such hard luck, that there is much sympathy for him.
MISS CAPRICEST. GEORGE RATHBORNEBut it can't be helped—there was nothing to be picked up abroad, after that double stroke of hard luck.
IN FRIENDSHIP'S GUISEWM. MURRAY GRAYDONI ask you, lady, if it ain't hard luck that I have to get a crook to fetch me my little gal.
PIPPIN; A WANDERING FLAMELAURA E. RICHARDSWhen the Doyles and Haughts saw how I took my hard luck they seemed all the keener to make my stay pleasant and profitable.
TALES OF LONELY TRAILSZANE GREYHowever, when his "hunch" struck him shortly before a bit of hard luck, he was sure to brag about it.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING RESCUESTANLEY R. MATTHEWSWe went along cursing our hard luck, and making the best time we could, for the bullets were flying mighty thick.
INTO THE JAWS OF DEATHJACK O'BRIENThere's no excuse for me except that I've had so much hard luck, and everything seems to be going to pieces under me.
THE FASHIONABLE ADVENTURES OF JOSHUA CRAIGDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPSWORDS RELATED TO HARD LUCK
- act of God
- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- bad news
- bad thing
- bale
- bane
- blight
- blow
- bust
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- collapse
- collision
- crash
- debacle
- defeat
- depression
- emergency
- exigency
- failure
- fall
- fell stroke
- fiasco
- flood
- flop
- grief
- hard luck
- harm
- hazard
- holocaust
- hot water
- ill luck
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- reverse
- rock
- rough
- ruin
- ruination
- setback
- slip
- stroke
- the worst
- tragedy
- undoing
- upset
- washout
- woe
- act of gods
- adversities
- afflictions
- bad lucks
- bad news
- bales
- banes
- blight
- blows
- busts
- calamities
- casualties
- cataclysms
- catastrophes
- collapses
- collisions
- crashes
- debacles
- defeats
- depressions
- emergencies
- exigencies
- failures
- falls
- fell strokes
- fiascoes
- floods
- flops
- griefs
- hard lucks
- harm
- hazards
- holocausts
- hot waters
- ill lucks
- misadventures
- mischances
- misfortunes
- mishaps
- reverses
- rocks
- roughs
- ruination
- ruins
- setbacks
- slips
- strokes
- the worsts
- tragedies
- undoings
- upsets
- washouts
- woes
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- bad thing
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unluck
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casuality
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- cross
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- stroke of bad luck
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.