Scottish dialect for unlucky, ill-fated, or just generally cursed-feeling.
Scottish dialect for unlucky, ill-fated, or just generally cursed-feeling. Derived from 'sonsy' (fortunate, thriving, healthy), slapping 'un-' on the front flips it to its gloomy opposite. In older Scottish and Northumbrian usage you might call a person, a plan, or even a day unsonsy when bad luck seems to cling to it. It has the flavour of a polite way to say 'jinxed.'
They picked the most unsonsy weekend imaginable — rain, a flat tyre, and a closed restaurant.
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(Scotland, Northumbria) Not fortunate.
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