| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Disturbing because of failure to measure up to a standard or produce the desired results: disappointing, sorry. See HAPPY. 2. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous. See LUCK, WARN. 3. Involving or undergoing chance misfortune: hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, untoward. See LUCK.
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