worse luck

interjection

Expressing commiseration for misfortune.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. UKdatedExpressing commiseration for misfortune.

    “I wasn't never 'prenticed to no trade, no more'n what you'll be.” “Worse luck,” said Dickie. “But I started learning a lot of things—games mostly, in the dream, I did—and I started making a boat—a galleon they called it. […]

    1909, Edith Nesbit, Harding's Luck

    Synonyms: too bad, what a pity, bad luck, cuhdear, hard lines, hard luck, pity, shame

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionExpressing commiseration for misfortune.

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too badwhat a pitybad luckcuhdearhard lineshard luckpityshametoo badtough luckwhat a pitywhat a shame
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cuhdearhard lineshard luckpityshame
Cite this entry
APA

worse luck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worse%20luck

MLA

“worse luck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worse%20luck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worse luck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worse%20luck.

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