unlucky

malchanceux

À qui il arrive des choses désagréables par hasard.

En anglais simple : Someone has bad things happen to them by chance.

• I was unlucky today.
• She was unlucky to lose her ticket.
• Have you always been unlucky in love?

Comment l'utiliser : unlucky to do something (We were unlucky to arrive just after the bus left.); unlucky in something (He is unlucky in love.)

Synonymes : unfortunate

Contraires : lucky

Expressions courantes : unlucky person, unlucky player, unlucky in love

malheureux

Se dit d’un événement ou d’une situation qui cause par hasard des problèmes ou une déception.

En anglais simple : An event or situation brings trouble or disappointment by chance.

• It was an unlucky accident.
• An unlucky bounce cost us the game.
• Their trip ended with an unlucky series of delays.

Synonymes : unfortunate

Contraires : lucky

Expressions courantes : unlucky accident, unlucky break, unlucky timing

de mauvais augure, qui porte malheur

Qui est censé porter malheur.

En anglais simple : Something is believed to bring bad luck.

• Thirteen is an unlucky number for some people.
• They believe Tuesday is an unlucky day.
• My grandmother considered a broken mirror unlucky.

Synonymes : inauspicious

Contraires : lucky

Expressions courantes : unlucky number, unlucky sign, unlucky day