'ill-fated' definitions:
Definition of 'ill-fated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky]
Definition of 'ill-fated'
From: GCIDE
- ill-fated \ill-fated\ adj.
- 1. marked by or promising bad fortune; unsuccessful; as, an ill-fated business venture.
- Syn: ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky. [WordNet 1.5] Ill-favored
Synonyms of 'ill-fated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apocalyptic,
- bad,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- black,
- bodeful,
- boding,
- dark,
- dire,
- doomful,
- dreary,
- evil,
- evil-starred,
- fateful,
- foreboding,
- gloomy,
- ill,
- ill-boding,
- ill-omened,
- ill-starred,
- inauspicious,
- lowering,
- menacing,
- of evil portent,
- ominous,
- portending,
- portentous,
- sinister,
- somber,
- threatening,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unlucky,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- untoward