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synonyms for hard luck

  • hapless
  • miserable
  • tragic
  • unhappy
  • luckless
  • afflicted
  • bad break
  • behind the eight ball
  • black
  • calamitous
  • cataclysmic
  • catastrophic
  • cursed
  • dire
  • disastrous
  • down on luck
  • ill-fated
  • ill-starred
  • inauspicious
  • ominous
  • out of luck
  • star-crossed
  • tough luck
  • unfavorable
  • unsuccessful
  • untimely
  • untoward
On this page you'll find 432 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hard luck, such as: hapless, miserable, tragic, unhappy, luckless, and afflicted.

antonyms for hard luck

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  • cheerful
  • fortunate
  • happy
  • lucky
    • 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
    • advantage
    • benefit
    • blessing
    • fortune
    • good luck
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          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 READ
          But 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 PAINE
          While gloomily grieving over his hard luck, the faint odor of rice-wine seemed borne on the breeze.
          JAPANESE FAIRY WORLDWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
          Besides, the Briton came out of the affair with such hard luck, that there is much sympathy for him.
          MISS CAPRICEST. GEORGE RATHBORNE
          But 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 GRAYDON
          I 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. RICHARDS
          When 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 GREY
          However, 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. MATTHEWS
          We 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'BRIEN
          There'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 PHILLIPS
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          WORDS RELATED TO HARD LUCK

          • adversity
          • bad break
          • blow
          • devil's own luck
          • hard cheese
          • hard luck
          • hard time
          • hardship
          • ill luck
          • mischance
          • misfortune
          • raw deal
          • reverse
          • rotten luck
          • setback
          • tough break
          • tough luck
          • tragedy
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