snakebitten

English

Etymology

From snake +‎ bitten.

Adjective

snakebitten

1. (US) Alternative form of snakebit
   • 2009 January 12, Judy Battista, “Steelers Dominate Chargers to Reach A.F.C. Title Game”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And that is when the Chargers, snakebitten for so long in the playoffs, began their inexorable slide.

   • 2010 May 5, Alistair MacDonald, Joe Parkinson, “Brown Scrambles for Votes as U.K. Poll Nears”, in The Wall Street Journal:

     Since then, his campaign sometimes seemed snake-bitten as it dodged hecklers and a drumbeat of presumptuous questions about life after No. 10 Downing Street.