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French
Etymology
From malencontre + -eux.
Pronunciation
Adjective
malencontreux (feminine malencontreuse, masculine plural malencontreux, feminine plural malencontreuses)
- (dated) of a person:
- unfortunate, unlucky (experiencing misfortune)
- Synonym: malchanceux
- embarrassing, annoying
- of a thing:
- (dated) troubling, grievous, woeful (causing or signalling unhappiness, grief, woe, etc.)
- unfortunate, unlucky (causing or signalling misfortune)
- Synonym: fâcheux
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