| slovo | definícia |
fortunate
(mass) | fortunate
- šťastný |
fortunate
(encz) | fortunate,mající štěstí Zdeněk Brož |
fortunate
(encz) | fortunate,šťastný Hynek Hanke |
Fortunate
(gcide) | Fortunate \For"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of
fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See
Fortune, n.]
1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some
good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness;
auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence
of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
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2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good
which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts;
favored with good forune; lucky.
Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored;
happy.
Usage: Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous. A man is
fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has
unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he
gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in
those things which men commonly desire. One may be
fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful;
he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in
the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that
reason fail to be prosperous.
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fortunate
(wn) | fortunate
adj 1: having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate,
children died"; "a fortunate choice" [ant: unfortunate]
2: supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like
chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: fortunate, golden]
3: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go
to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: fortunate,
rosy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fortunately
(mass) | fortunately
- chvalabohu, vďakabohu, našťastie |
unfortunately
(mass) | unfortunately
- nanešťastie |
fortunately
(encz) | fortunately,bohudíky Zdeněk Brožfortunately,chválabohu Zdeněk Brožfortunately,naštěstí |
misfortunate
(encz) | misfortunate, adj: |
unfortunate
(encz) | unfortunate,nešťastník n: Zdeněk Brožunfortunate,nešťastný adj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
unfortunate person
(encz) | unfortunate person, n: |
unfortunately
(encz) | unfortunately,bohužel adv: unfortunately,naneštěstí adv: Zdeněk Brožunfortunately,nešťastně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unfortunates
(encz) | unfortunates,nešťastníci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Fortunate
(gcide) | Fortunate \For"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of
fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See
Fortune, n.]
1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some
good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness;
auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence
of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
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2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good
which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts;
favored with good forune; lucky.
Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored;
happy.
Usage: Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous. A man is
fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has
unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he
gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in
those things which men commonly desire. One may be
fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful;
he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in
the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that
reason fail to be prosperous.
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Fortunately
(gcide) | Fortunately \For"tu*nate*ly\, adv.
In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
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Fortunateness
(gcide) | Fortunateness \For"tu*nate*ness\, n.
The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck;
success; happiness.
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Infortunate
(gcide) | Infortunate \In*for"tu*nate\ ([i^]n*f[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[L. infortunatus.]
Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Shak. "A most infortunate
chance." --Howell.
[1913 Webster] -- In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Infortunately
(gcide) | Infortunate \In*for"tu*nate\ ([i^]n*f[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[L. infortunatus.]
Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Shak. "A most infortunate
chance." --Howell.
[1913 Webster] -- In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Misfortunate
(gcide) | Misfortunate \Mis*for"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a.
Producing misfortune. [Obs.]
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Unfortunate
(gcide) | 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 Webster] -- Un*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. --
Un*for"tu*nate*ness, n.
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Unfortunately
(gcide) | 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 Webster] -- Un*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. --
Un*for"tu*nate*ness, n.
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Unfortunateness
(gcide) | 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 Webster] -- Un*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. --
Un*for"tu*nate*ness, n.
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fortunately
(wn) | fortunately
adv 1: by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn:
fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, {as luck would
have it}] [ant: alas, regrettably, unfortunately,
unluckily] |
misfortunate
(wn) | misfortunate
adj 1: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim";
"miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her
as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous
appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a
pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable,
misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable,
pitiful, poor, wretched] |
unfortunate
(wn) | unfortunate
adj 1: not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or
resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of
events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate
investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
[ant: fortunate]
2: not auspicious; boding ill [syn: inauspicious,
unfortunate] [ant: auspicious]
3: unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words";
"an unfortunate speech"
n 1: a person who suffers misfortune [syn: unfortunate,
unfortunate person] |
unfortunate person
(wn) | unfortunate person
n 1: a person who suffers misfortune [syn: unfortunate,
unfortunate person] |
unfortunately
(wn) | unfortunately
adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily,
regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it,
fortuitously, fortunately, luckily] |
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