Rough and Unlucky

Rough

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

Unlucky and rough are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unlucky" instead an adjective "Rough".

Unlucky

Unlucky adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.

Rough and unlucky are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Unlucky".

Nearby Word: unluckily

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Scars, nasty tattoos, long greasy beards, beer guts; all in all as untidy, rank-smelling and rough-tongued a bunch of pirates as one could be unlucky enough to run into...
  • Duel to the Death Even in a place as notoriously rough-and-tumble as 17th century Venice, only one in forty duels ended in the death of either combatant, and even then deaths were more the result of unlucky first cuts than anything else.
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