'Ill-starred' definitions:
Definition of 'ill-starred'
(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-starred'
From: GCIDE
- Ill-starred \Ill"-starred`\, a. Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.
- Syn: ill-fated, ill-omened, unlucky. [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'ill-starred'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baleful,
- bodeful,
- fateful,
- foreboding,
- hapless,
- ill-fated,
- luckless,
- malefic,
- malign,
- ominous,
- portentous,
- sinister,
- star-crossed,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- untoward