Synonyms for Unfortunate:

• adj.

  •accursed (adjective)
  • hexed.
  •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.
  •all (adjective)
  • unfortunate.
  •bad (adjective)
  • troubled,
  • unhappy,
  • troubling,
  • gloomy.
  •calamitous (adjective)
  • more blighting,
  • most blighting.
  •dire (adjective)
  • portentous,
  • de pressing,
  • more scowling,
  • most scowling,
  • re doubtable,
  • most oppressing,
  • more oppressing,
  • de-pressing,
  • re-doubtable.
  •disappointing (adjective)
  • heartbreaking.
  •dismal (adjective)
  • 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.
  •doomed (adjective)
  • 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.
  •graceless (adjective)
  • 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.
  •heartbreaking (adjective)
  • more heart-rending,
  • most heart-rending,
  • heart-rending,
  • most heart rending,
  • heart rending,
  • more heart rending.
  •hopeless (adjective)
  • no-win,
  • irremediable,
  • goner,
  • up the creek,
  • beyond recall,
  • helpless,
  • unmitigable,
  • shot down,
  • irredeemable,
  • unachievable,
  • in despair,
  • past hope.
  •ill (adjective)
  • 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-considered (adjective)
  • illconsidered,
  • ill-considered,
  • ill considered.
  •ill-fated (adjective)
  • ill fated,
  • illfated.
  •ill-fated/ill-starred (adjective)
  • ill-starred,
  • illstarred,
  • mis-fortunate,
  • more misfortunate,
  • most blighted,
  • more blighted,
  • mis fortunate,
  • ill starred,
  • most misfortunate.
  •inappropriate (adjective)
  • untimely.
  •inauspicious (adjective)
  • illboding,
  • in auspicious,
  • Ill-boding,
  • in-auspicious,
  • ill boding.
  •inopportune (adjective)
  • illtimed,
  • mistimed,
  • ill-timed,
  • ill timed,
  • inconvenient.
  •lamentable (adjective)
  • 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.
  •lamenting (adjective)
  • more regretting,
  • most regretting.
  •rotten (adjective)
  • 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.
  •ruinous (adjective)
  • Wrackful,
  • tumbledown.
  •sinister (adjective)
  • dis-quieting,
  • most doomful,
  • dis honest,
  • more doomful,
  • dis quieting,
  • most malefic,
  • most blackhearted,
  • dis-honest,
  • more malefic,
  • more blackhearted.
  •star-crossed (adjective)
  • most jinxed,
  • star crossed,
  • jinxed,
  • starcrossed,
  • more jinxed.
  •terrible (adjective)
  • 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.
  •tragic (adjective)
  • more crushing,
  • most crushing,
  • most anguished,
  • more anguished.
  •unadvantageous (adjective)
  • un advantageous,
  • un-advantageous.
  •underprivileged (adjective)
  • 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.
  •unfavorable (adjective)
  • 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.
  •ungracious (adjective)
  • in-hospitable,
  • un-gracious,
  • dis courteous,
  • un gracious,
  • dis-courteous,
  • un-mannerly,
  • un-civil,
  • in hospitable,
  • un mannerly,
  • un civil.
  •unlucky, bad (adjective)
  • pained,
  • shattered,
  • burdened,
  • out of luck,
  • in a bad way,
  • unbecoming,
  • afflicted,
  • broken,
  • desperate,
  • damaging,
  • stricken,
  • ruined,
  • unprosperous,
  • forsaken,
  • cursed.
  •untimely (adjective)
  • Oversoon,
  • out of date,
  • early on,
  • too early,
  • too late,
  • overearly,
  • a bit previous,
  • anachronistic,
  • bright and early,
  • badly timed.
  •untoward (adjective)
  • 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.
  •woeful (adjective)
  • more agonized,
  • dis-graceful,
  • Racked,
  • most tortured,
  • more tortured,
  • heartsick,
  • more racked,
  • most racked,
  • dis graceful,
  • more grieving,
  • most agonized,
  • most grieving.
  •wretched (adjective)
  • most lowdown,
  • most bummed,
  • low down,
  • more bummed,
  • more low-down,
  • more lowdown,
  • more low down.

• n.

  •
  • painful,
  • depressing,
  • upsetting.
  •
  • impoverished,
  • toy,
  • victim,
  • stooge,
  • target,
  • pawn,
  • cannon fodder,
  • destitute,
  • sacrificial lamb,
  • bankrupt,
  • plaything,
  • whipping boy,
  • cinderella.
  •
  • a run of good/bad luck,
  • luck,
  • down on your luck.
  •
  • ability.
  •
  • rich,
  • underprivileged.
  •black (noun)
  • black.
  •dispossessed (noun)
  • dispossessed.
  •fatal (noun)
  • fatal.
  •fateful (noun)
  • fateful.
  •hapless (noun)
  • hapless.
  •homeless (noun)
  • homeless.
  •infelicitous (noun)
  • infelicitous.
  •pathetic (noun)
  • pathetic.
  •person (noun)
  • unfortunate person.
  •piteous (noun)
  • piteous.
  •pitiable (noun)
  • pitiable.
  •pitiful (noun)
  • pitiful.
  •regrettable (noun)
  • regrettable.
  •roofless (noun)
  • roofless.
  •sad sack (noun)
  • unfortunates,
  • sad sack,
  • hard-luck guy.
  •shipwrecked (noun)
  • shipwrecked.
  •too bad (noun)
  • too bad.
  •unfortunate (noun)
  • castaway,
  • wretched,
  • poor,
  • abject.

• v.

  •defeated (verb)
  • unsuccessful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • toe-curling,
  • undignified,
  • ignoble,
  • humiliating,
  • inglorious,
  • abandoned,
  • ill-chosen,
  • jinx,
  • unseemly,
  • mortifying,
  • Star-crossed,
  • damned,
  • wretch,
  • condemnable,
  • ignominious,
  • mischance.
  •
  • melancholy,
  • sol,
  • deplorable,
  • embarrassed,
  • sad,
  • underdog,
  • misfortune,
  • dreaded.
  •
  • inept,
  • loser,
  • disgraceful,
  • ruinous,
  • embarrassing.
  •
  • guilty,
  • shameful,
  • inappropriate,
  • awkward.
  •
  • curse.
  •discouraging
  • hopeless.
  •inadequate
  • unsuitable.
  •injurious
  • harmful.
  •miserable
  • unblessed.
  •unfavorable
  • tough.

Paraphrases for Unfortunate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    hapless.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    fortunate.

• Independent

  • 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.

• Other Related

  • 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.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    unhappy.

Antonyms for Unfortunate:

• adj.

  • all
    fortunate.
  • unlucky, bad
    happy, suitable, auspicious, hopeful, favorable, timely, proper, good, lucky, helpful.
  • Other antonyms:
    cheering, privileged, fair, rewarding, blessed, comforting, satisfying, heartwarming, miraculous, gifted, gratifying, rose-colored, upbeat, pleasing, optimistic, encouraging, inspiring.

Hypernym for Unfortunate:

• n.

  • 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.

Hyponym for Unfortunate:

• n.

  • person
    somebody, soul, individual, someone, mortal, person.