ill luck

Questions about ill luck

What does ill luck mean?

ill luck means "an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes".

What is another word for ill luck?

Close synonyms include misfortune, bad luck, tough luck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ill luck a common word?

ill luck is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.