Antonyms for luckless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhk-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌk lɪs


Definition of luckless

Origin :
  • 1560s, from luck (n.) + -less. Related: Lucklessly; lucklessness.
  • adj cursed
Example sentences :
  • In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • I have, indeed, been the luckless victim of wayward follies; but, alas!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Mishap, desertion, and shipwreck pursued the luckless commander.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • So the luckless Harold was hauled out of bed and given his sailing-orders.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • From this extremity there is but one means of escape, and one alone, for the luckless prisoner.
  • Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
  • And when the luckless jam was washed from my face 'Richard was himself again.'
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • To retreat at all is humiliation, but to retreat as this luckless army did was agony.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole
  • Friday was the luckless day of my own failure and broken heart.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • It is generally supposed that Mallet was this luckless person.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
  • "I don't know just what I ought to say," went on the luckless Walt.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field

Synonyms for luckless

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