bad luck
bad luck
absence of good fortune
Bad luck (disambiguation)
List of unlucky symbols
This is a list of symbols and signs believed to be
unlucky according to
superstition:
- Using crutches or a wheelchair when not needed
- A black cat crossing one's path
- The number 4 (tetraphobia) in Chinese culture
- The numbers 4 and 9 in Japanese culture
- Also in Japanese culture, maternity wards numbered 43, as it can literally mean "still birth".
- The number 13, known as triskaidekaphobia
- Friday the 13th
- The number 17 in italian culture
- Opening an umbrella indoors
- Failing to respond to a chain letter
- Viewing one's doppelgänger may be considered a harbinger of bad luck
- Walking under a ladder
- According to Eastern cultures, spitting in public, as the spit may land on invisible spirits, who in response to the disrespect, may place a curse on the spitter.
- Hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing down, as it is believed that the luck will fall out
- Breaking a mirror
- Placing chopsticks in a bowl of food sticking upward
- United States two-dollar bill
- Shoes on a table
- On the Isle of Man, the mention of the word "longtail" (referring to a rat)
- Three on a match (superstition)
- Giving a clock as a gift in Chinese culture
- Saying the word "Macbeth" while inside a theatre
- A hanging picture falling from the wall
- Stepping on a grave
- Ravens
- Spilling salt
- Giving pocket knife as a gift
- Closing a pocket knife opened by someone else
- Ouija board
- Pointing at feces
bad luck
Noun
1. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
(synonym) misfortune, tough luck, ill luck
(antonym) good fortune, good luck
(hypernym) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
(hyponym) weakness
2. an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"
(synonym) mischance, mishap
(hypernym) luck, fortune, chance, hazard
3. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
(synonym) misfortune
(hypernym) trouble
(hyponym) pity, shame
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