ill-fated
Bound for disaster
Ill-fated describes something destined for misfortune or disaster.
An ill-fated voyage ends in shipwreck; an ill-fated romance was doomed from the start.
The word suggests that failure or tragedy was somehow inevitable, as if fate itself had turned against the enterprise: The ill-fated expedition never returned.
Fixed by fate
- inevitableCertain to occur
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
foreordained · star-crossed · damned · condemned · marked · cursed · blighted · jinxed
Sudden ruinous event
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- sinkingFalling through water
- crashSudden violent impact
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
collapse · ruin · downfall · demise · failure · calamity · catastrophe · tragedy
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- unpropitiousNot favorable for success
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
sinister · dark · grim · dire · menacing · threatening · brooding · warning
Crushing emotional pain
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- mourningPeriod following loss
lamentation · elegy · dirge · melancholy · pathos · poignant · bittersweet · Romeo
destined
Fixed by fate
- inevitableCertain to occur
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
predetermined · foreordained · star-crossed · damned · condemned · marked · cursed · blighted · jinxed · hexed
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
wreck · collapse · ruin · downfall · demise · failure · calamity · catastrophe · tragedy · Titanic
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- unpropitiousNot favorable for success
baleful · sinister · dark · grim · dire · menacing · threatening · brooding · warning · premonition
heartbreak
Crushing emotional pain
mourning · lamentation · elegy · dirge · melancholy · pathos · poignant · bittersweet · Romeo · Juliet
- fatedestiny, kismet, Moira, Norns, doom
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, destiny, jinxed
- luckgood luck, bad luck, lucky, luckily, pure luck
- tragic romanceRomeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Wuthering Heights, doomed lovers, star-crossed
- superstitionblack cat, broken mirror, Friday the 13th, walking under ladder, evil eye
- tragedytragedy, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic heroes, tragic irony
ill-fatedauspicious
Indicating future success
propitious · promising · favorable · fortunate · fair
ill, fate, fatal, fated, misfortune, fatality, ill-starred