Words Like UNFORTUNATE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to UNFORTUNATE.

52 Alternative Words Similar to unfortunate

1 Inauspicious Adjective      Synonym Words Like Inauspicious
2 Auspicious Adjective      Antonym Words Like Auspicious
3 Fortunate Adjective      Antonym Words Like Fortunate
4 Luckless Adjective      Related Words Like Luckless
5 Underprivileged Adjective      Related Words Like Underprivileged
6 Unlucky Adjective      Related Words Like Unlucky
7 Unsuccessful Adjective      Related Words Like Unsuccessful
8 Abject Adjective      Similar Words Like Abject
9 Black Adjective      Similar Words Like Black
10 Calamitous Adjective      Similar Words Like Calamitous
11 Disastrous Adjective      Similar Words Like Disastrous
12 Dispossessed Adjective      Similar Words Like Dispossessed
13 Doomed Adjective      Similar Words Like Doomed
14 Downtrodden Adjective      Similar Words Like Downtrodden
15 Fatal Adjective      Similar Words Like Fatal
16 Fateful Adjective      Similar Words Like Fateful
17 Hapless Adjective      Similar Words Like Hapless
18 Homeless Adjective      Similar Words Like Homeless
19 Infelicitous Adjective      Similar Words Like Infelicitous
20 Miserable Adjective      Similar Words Like Miserable
21 Misfortunate Adjective      Similar Words Like Misfortunate
22 Pathetic Adjective      Similar Words Like Pathetic
23 Piteous Adjective      Similar Words Like Piteous
24 Pitiable Adjective      Similar Words Like Pitiable
25 Pitiful Adjective      Similar Words Like Pitiful
26 Poor Adjective      Similar Words Like Poor
27 Regrettable Adjective      Similar Words Like Regrettable
28 Roofless Adjective      Similar Words Like Roofless
29 Unhappy Adjective      Similar Words Like Unhappy
30 Unpromising Adjective      Similar Words Like Unpromising
31 Wretched Adjective      Similar Words Like Wretched
32 Individual Noun      Synonym Words Like Individual
33 Mortal Noun      Synonym Words Like Mortal
34 Person Noun      Synonym Words Like Person
35 Somebody Noun      Synonym Words Like Somebody
36 Someone Noun      Synonym Words Like Someone
37 Soul Noun      Synonym Words Like Soul
38 Survivor Noun      Hyponym Words Like Survivor
39 Crier Noun      Hyponym Words Like Crier
40 Weeper Noun      Hyponym Words Like Weeper
41 Desperate Noun      Hyponym Words Like Desperate
42 Maroon Noun      Hyponym Words Like Maroon
43 Schlimazel Noun      Hyponym Words Like Schlimazel
44 Jinx Noun      Hyponym Words Like Jinx
45 Amputee Noun      Hyponym Words Like Amputee
46 Victim Noun      Hyponym Words Like Victim
47 Nympholept Noun      Hyponym Words Like Nympholept
48 Job Noun      Hyponym Words Like Job
49 Subsister Noun      Hyponym Words Like Subsister
50 Failure Noun      Hyponym Words Like Failure
51 Shlimazel Noun      Hyponym Words Like Shlimazel
52 Languisher Noun      Hyponym Words Like Languisher

5 examples of unfortunate

1 an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.
2 an unfortunate speech
3 an unfortunate decision
4 unfortunate investments
5 an unfortunate night for all concerned

10 definitions of unfortunate

1 Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy
2 unsuitable or regrettable
3 not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
4 not auspicious; boding ill
5 a person who suffers misfortune
6 Characterized by undeserved bad luck; unlucky.
7 Causing misfortune; disastrous.
8 Regrettable; deplorable: an unfortunate lack of good manners.
9 A victim of bad luck.
10 Not fortunate; not prosperous; unlucky; unhappy: as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man.
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