What is another word for unfortunate?
460 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʌnfˈɔːt͡ʃənət], [ ʌnfˈɔːtʃənət], [ ʌ_n_f_ˈɔː_tʃ_ə_n_ə_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for unfortunate:- accursed (adjective)
- adverse (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- calamitous (adjective)
- dire (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- doomed (adjective)
- graceless (adjective)
- heartbreaking (adjective)
- hopeless (adjective)
- ill (adjective)
- ill-considered (adjective)
- ill-fated (adjective)
- ill-fated/ill-starred (adjective)
- inappropriate (adjective)
- inauspicious (adjective)
- inopportune (adjective)
- lamentable (adjective)
- lamenting (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- ruinous (adjective)
- sinister (adjective)
- star-crossed (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- tragic (adjective)
- unadvantageous (adjective)
- underprivileged (adjective)
- unfavorable (adjective)
- ungracious (adjective)
- unlucky, bad (adjective)
- untimely (adjective)
- untoward (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- wretched (adjective)
- black (noun)
- dispossessed (noun)
- fatal (noun)
- fateful (noun)
- hapless (noun)
- homeless (noun)
- infelicitous (noun)
- pathetic (noun)
- person (noun)
- piteous (noun)
- pitiable (noun)
- pitiful (noun)
- regrettable (noun)
- roofless (noun)
- sad sack (noun)
- shipwrecked (noun)
- too bad (noun)
- unfortunate (noun)
- defeated (verb)
- other synonyms
- discouraging
- inadequate
- injurious
- miserable
- unfavorable
Synonyms for Unfortunate:
adj.
•accursed (adjective) •adverse (adjective)- catastrophic,
- miserable,
- hard,
- most opposite,
- burdensome,
- distressful,
- inauspicious,
- down side,
- antipathetic,
- opposing,
- difficult,
- allergic to,
- troublesome,
- detrimental,
- have no use for,
- unlucky,
- perilous,
- grievous,
- down on,
- unfriendly,
- unpropitious.
- portentous,
- de pressing,
- more scowling,
- most scowling,
- re doubtable,
- most oppressing,
- more oppressing,
- de-pressing,
- re-doubtable.
- de-pressed,
- more disheartening,
- de pressed,
- dis heartening,
- dis-heartening,
- over-cast,
- doleful,
- in pits,
- overcast,
- funereal,
- most disheartening,
- over cast,
- de-solate,
- de solate.
- most unredeemed,
- in cards,
- most convicted,
- re-probate,
- kiss death,
- be-witched,
- most foreordained,
- be witched,
- most sentenced,
- more sentenced,
- most ill-omened,
- pre destined,
- over whelmed,
- more illomened,
- de-stroyed,
- fated,
- pre-destined,
- more ill omened,
- more menaced,
- most ill omened,
- un done,
- un redeemed,
- de stroyed,
- more ill-omened,
- more suppressed,
- over-whelmed,
- Menaced,
- over-thrown,
- fore-ordained,
- un-redeemed,
- re probate,
- more predestined,
- most sunk,
- more sunk,
- most illomened,
- un-done,
- most suppressed,
- over thrown,
- more foreordained,
- more convicted,
- ill omened,
- most menaced,
- fore ordained,
- most predestined,
- more unredeemed.
- un-cultured,
- in elegant,
- clunkiest,
- un-gainly,
- un cultured,
- clunkier,
- un-gainlier,
- un gainliest,
- ill mannered,
- un couth,
- un gainlier,
- un-mannered,
- un mannered,
- un gainly,
- in felicitous,
- in-decorous,
- in-felicitous,
- illmannered,
- in decorous,
- in-elegant,
- un-gainliest,
- un-couth.
- more heart-rending,
- most heart-rending,
- heart-rending,
- most heart rending,
- heart rending,
- more heart rending.
- no-win,
- irremediable,
- goner,
- up the creek,
- beyond recall,
- helpless,
- unmitigable,
- shot down,
- irredeemable,
- unachievable,
- in despair,
- past hope.
- ill,
- un healthy,
- most foreboding,
- un kindest,
- un promising,
- un wholesome,
- dis-respectful,
- dis respectful,
- more nocent,
- un healthier,
- un-kindest,
- fore-boding,
- un-kinder,
- more foreboding,
- un healthiest,
- most unpromising,
- more unpromising,
- un-healthiest,
- un-healthy,
- most nocent,
- un-wholesome,
- un kind,
- un-kind,
- fore boding,
- un kinder,
- un-promising.
- ill-starred,
- illstarred,
- mis-fortunate,
- more misfortunate,
- most blighted,
- more blighted,
- mis fortunate,
- ill starred,
- most misfortunate.
- most god awful,
- most godawful,
- more god awful,
- god awful,
- un-satisfactory,
- most god-awful,
- un satisfactory,
- more hurting,
- more godawful,
- most hurting,
- more god-awful.
- in-adequate,
- dis-appointing,
- bummest,
- lowgrade,
- dis-satisfactory,
- un-soundest,
- sub-standard,
- dis-eased,
- sub standard,
- more bruised,
- un-sound,
- dis appointing,
- punkest,
- dis satisfactory,
- un-sounder,
- low grade,
- un sounder,
- most bruised,
- punker,
- un acceptable,
- in adequate,
- dis eased,
- un sound,
- un-acceptable.
- dis-quieting,
- most doomful,
- dis honest,
- more doomful,
- dis quieting,
- most malefic,
- most blackhearted,
- dis-honest,
- more malefic,
- more blackhearted.
- beastlier,
- most petrifying,
- awe inspiring,
- most unnerving,
- unwelcome,
- un-welcome,
- un welcome,
- more horrifying,
- more unnerving,
- aweinspiring,
- more dreaded,
- un nerving,
- un-nerving,
- most horrifying,
- most dreaded,
- beastliest,
- more petrifying.
- dis-advantaged,
- more havenot,
- havenot,
- down out,
- more have-not,
- down and out,
- have not,
- more have not,
- most havenot,
- under-privileged,
- under privileged,
- in want,
- dis advantaged,
- in need,
- badly off,
- most have-not,
- in dire straits,
- most have not.
- un-suited,
- in advisable,
- un-seemlier,
- un-seemliest,
- dis-commodious,
- in expedient,
- dis commodious,
- un seemlier,
- most discommodious,
- in-expedient,
- un-fit,
- un favorable,
- un seemliest,
- un-favorable,
- un suited,
- in-advisable,
- illadvised,
- un seemly,
- more discommodious.
- in-hospitable,
- un-gracious,
- dis courteous,
- un gracious,
- dis-courteous,
- un-mannerly,
- un-civil,
- in hospitable,
- un mannerly,
- un civil.
- pained,
- shattered,
- burdened,
- out of luck,
- in a bad way,
- unbecoming,
- afflicted,
- broken,
- desperate,
- damaging,
- stricken,
- ruined,
- unprosperous,
- forsaken,
- cursed.
- Oversoon,
- out of date,
- early on,
- too early,
- too late,
- overearly,
- a bit previous,
- anachronistic,
- bright and early,
- badly timed.
- un pliable,
- un-pliable,
- un yielding,
- un pliabler,
- un-manageable,
- in-tractable,
- un pliablest,
- un-governable,
- un-yielding,
- unpliablest,
- unpliabler,
- in tractable,
- un manageable,
- in-docile,
- in docile,
- un-pliablest,
- un disciplined,
- un-pliabler.
n.
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- painful,
- depressing,
- upsetting.
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- impoverished,
- toy,
- victim,
- stooge,
- target,
- pawn,
- cannon fodder,
- destitute,
- sacrificial lamb,
- bankrupt,
- plaything,
- whipping boy,
- cinderella.
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- ability.
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- rich,
- underprivileged.
v.
•defeated (verb)Other synonyms:
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- toe-curling,
- undignified,
- ignoble,
- humiliating,
- inglorious,
- abandoned,
- ill-chosen,
- jinx,
- unseemly,
- mortifying,
- Star-crossed,
- damned,
- wretch,
- condemnable,
- ignominious,
- mischance.
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- melancholy,
- sol,
- deplorable,
- embarrassed,
- sad,
- underdog,
- misfortune,
- dreaded.
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- inept,
- loser,
- disgraceful,
- ruinous,
- embarrassing.
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- guilty,
- shameful,
- inappropriate,
- awkward.
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- curse.
Paraphrases for Unfortunate:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
hapless.
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
fortunate.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
disastrous, fateful, appalling, ill-timed, dreadful, unholy, calamitous, unappy, fatal, awkward, unfavorable, misguided, dire, grievous, inconvenient, wrong, harmful, unhelpful, nasty, ominous, unwanted, bitter, awful, improper, troublesome, unsuitable, troubling, tiresome, objectionable, reprehensible, horrible, problematic, sinister, tedious, unsavoury, distasteful, boring, unpalatable, horrendous, pernicious, lucky, Saddened, stricken, grim, inadequate, despicable, lousy, abject, serious, disadvantaged, nefarious, desperate, damaging.
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Other Related
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Adjective
lamentable, unpleasant, deplorable, untoward, tragic, disappointing, regretful, inappropriate, unfavourable, unhappy, unsuccessful, disgraceful, sorrowful, ill-fated, distressing, uncomfortable, undesirable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome, untimely, wretched, pitiful, embarrassing, inopportune, sorry, pathetic, annoying, bad, dismal, depressing, terrible, disagreeable, painful, ill-advised, disadvantageous, poor, adverse, woeful, shameful, negative, disturbing, ill-judged, parlous, disappointed, detrimental, saddening.
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Noun, singular or mass
unhappy.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Unfortunate:
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adj.
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all
fortunate.
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Other antonyms:
cheering, privileged, fair, rewarding, blessed, comforting, satisfying, heartwarming, miraculous, gifted, gratifying, rose-colored, upbeat, pleasing, optimistic, encouraging, inspiring.
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all
Hypernym for Unfortunate:
n.
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person
ishmael, abandoned person, pariah, diseased person, outcast, weeper, poor person, failure, griever, languisher, desperate, jinx, loser, captive, mourner, choker, victim, survivor, jonah, castaway, shlimazel, nonstarter, homeless person, job, schlimazel, subsister, prisoner, sorrower, nympholept, sick person, maroon, homeless, sufferer, crier, amputee, lamenter, unsuccessful person, have-not.
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person