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单词 snakebit
释义

snakebit

adjective

snake·​bit ˈsnāk-ˌbit How to pronounce snakebit (audio)
variants or snakebitten
ˈsnāk-ˌbi-tᵊn How to pronounce snakebit (audio)
: having or experiencing failure or bad luck : unlucky

Synonyms

  • hapless
  • hard-luck
  • ill-fated
  • ill-starred
  • jinxed
  • luckless
  • star-crossed
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unlucky
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Example Sentences

The team was snakebit this year, winning only 1 game out of 10. He's so snakebit that nothing he does comes out right.
Recent Examples on the Web The Alabama running back tore his ACL against Ole Miss a year ago in what became a snakebit position. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022 But what has made this category of sites providing cryptocurrency and other services based on blockchain technology seem so snakebit? Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022 The perpetually snakebit Jayhawks, who have a lengthy history of N.C.A.A. disappointments — including two years ago when they were ranked No. 1 in the country before the pandemic wiped out the tournament — put those regrets behind them. New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Dollar Man is one of the most snakebit films in Hollywood history. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019 Zeppelin moved into a two-story structure with a short, snakebit history as a dining destination. Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

snakebit

adjective

variants or snakebitten
as in catastrophic
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck in retrospect, our assault on the mountain's summit seems to have been snakebit from the get-go

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • catastrophic
  • jinxed
  • unlucky
  • disastrous
  • hapless
  • unfortunate
  • luckless
  • doomed
  • hard-luck
  • unhappy
  • star-crossed
  • ill-fated
  • ill-starred
  • damned
  • tragic
  • unfavorable
  • inauspicious
  • adverse
  • calamitous
  • unpromising
  • ill
  • untoward
  • tragical
  • accursed
  • accurst

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fortunate
  • lucky
  • happy
  • gifted
  • favored
  • favorable
  • privileged
  • fair
  • golden
  • promising
  • blessed
  • blest
  • propitious
  • auspicious
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