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1 unfortunate
1) (unlucky: He has been very unfortunate.) óheppinn2) (regrettable: He has an unfortunate habit of giggling all the time.) óheppilegur, leiðinlegur• -
2 too bad
(unfortunate: It's too bad that he has left.) leiðinlegt (að) -
3 tragedy
['træ‹ədi]plural - tragedies; noun1) ((a) drama about unfortunate events with a sad outcome: `Hamlet' is one of Shakespeare's tragedies.) harmleikur2) (an unfortunate or sad event: His early death was a great tragedy for his family.) sorgaratburður•- tragic -
4 a blessing in disguise
(something that has proved to be fortunate after seeming unfortunate.) óvænt lán -
5 devil
['devl]1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) djöfullinn2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) djöfull; óþokki3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) óþokki, mannfÿla4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) vesalingur -
6 land
[lænd] 1. noun1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) land2) (a country: foreign lands.) land, ríki3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) landareign4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) jarðareign2. verb1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) lenda2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) lenda; landa3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!) koma (sér) í•[-rouvə]
(a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.)
- landing- landing-gear
- landing-stage
- landlocked
- landlord
- landmark
- land mine
- landowner
- landslide
- landslide victory
- landslide
- landslide defeat
- land up
- land with
- see how the land lies -
7 land up
(to get into a particular, usually unfortunate, situation, especially through one's own fault: If you go on like that, you'll land up in jail.) enda í -
8 luckless
adjective (unfortunate: luckless children.) óheppinn -
9 predicament
[pri'dikəmənt](an unfortunate or difficult situation.) vandræði, klemma -
10 stroke
[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) högg2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) happ; óhapp3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) sláttur, slag4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) dráttur; strik; pennafar5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) áratog6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) sundtak7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) handtak8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) slag; hjartaslag, heilablóðfall•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) strjúka2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) stroka -
11 the worst of it is (that)
(the most unfortunate etc aspect of the situation is (that).) það versta er (að) -
12 the worst of it is (that)
(the most unfortunate etc aspect of the situation is (that).) það versta er (að) -
13 tragic
1) (sad; unfortunate: I heard of the tragic death of her son.) sorglegur2) (of tragedy or tragedies: a tragic hero.) harmleika-
См. также в других словарях:
Unfortunate — Un*for tu*nate, a. Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. n. An unfortunate person. Hood. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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unfortunate — (adj.) 1520s, unlucky, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + FORTUNATE (Cf. fortunate). Infortunate in same sense is from late 14c. (along with a verb infortune to render unhappy, and a noun meaning bad luck). In late 18c. early 19c., unfortunate woman was … Etymology dictionary
unfortunate — [unfôr′chə nit] adj. 1. a) having bad luck; unlucky b) bringing, or coming by, bad luck; unfavorable 2. not suitable or successful n. an unfortunate person unfortunately adv … English World dictionary
unfortunate — index adverse (negative), deplorable, derelict (abandoned), dire, harmful, inopportune, lamentable … Law dictionary
unfortunate accident — index casualty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unfortunate consequence — index cost (penalty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unfortunate event — index accident (misfortune), disaster Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unfortunate occurence — index casualty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unfortunate occurrence — index misfortune Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unfortunate person — index victim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
