🔄 Synonyms of "Unfortunate"
30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hapless | (especially of a person) unfortunate. |
| wretched | Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable. |
| abjectnoun | Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. |
| pitiful | So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. |
| blacknoun | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| piteous | Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy. |
| pathetic | Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. |
| miserablenoun | In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. |
| infelicitous | Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done. |
| calamitous | Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. |
| pitiable | That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful. |
| castawaynoun | An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society. |
| poornoun | With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. |
| fatalnoun | Causing death or destruction. |
| doomed | Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome. |
| unhappynoun | Not happy; sad. |
| inauspicious | Not auspicious; ill-omened. |
| ill-fated | unlucky; doomed. |
| fateful | Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate. |
| ill-starred | Doomed to a bad fate; hapless. |
| misfortunate | Having suffered misfortune; pitiable or habitually unfortunate. |
| disastrous | Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. |
| dispossessed | Homeless |
| unlucky | Unfortunate, marked by misfortune. |
| regrettable | Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Unfortunate"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| auspicious | Of good omen; indicating future success. |
| fortunate | Happening by good luck or favorable chance. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Unfortunate"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ill-fated | unlucky; doomed. |
| unlucky | Unfortunate, marked by misfortune. |
| ill-starred | Doomed to a bad fate; hapless. |
| hapless | (especially of a person) unfortunate. |
| ill-omened | Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky. |
| inauspicious | Not auspicious; ill-omened. |
| misfortunate | Having suffered misfortune; pitiable or habitually unfortunate. |
| infelicitous | Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done. |
| unhappy | Not happy; sad. |
| miserable | In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. |
| wretched | Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable. |
| poor | With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. |
| dispossessed | Homeless |
| regrettable | Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret. |
| pitiable | That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful. |
| pitiful | So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. |
| piteous | Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy. |
| pathetic | Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. |
| abject | Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. |
| disastrous | Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. |
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