What is another word for unfortunate?
Synonyms for unfortunate
ʌnˈfɔr tʃə nɪtun·for·tu·nate
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Wiktionary
unfortunateadjective
Synonyms:
unsuccessful, unluckyunfortunateadjective
not favored by fortune
Synonyms:
unlucky, unsuccessfulunfortunateadjective
marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
Synonyms:
unlucky, unsuccessful
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
unfortunate, unfortunate personadjective
a person who suffers misfortune
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unfortunate personAntonyms:
well-off, miraculous, providential, felicitous, well(p), lucky, better off(p), happy, fortunate, heaven-sent, fortuitous, goodunfortunateadjective
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
"an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
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inauspiciousAntonyms:
happy, good, heaven-sent, lucky, felicitous, better off(p), well(p), miraculous, well-off, fortunate, fortuitous, providentialinauspicious, unfortunateadjective
not auspicious; boding ill
Synonyms:
ill, inauspicious, untoward, ominous, adverseAntonyms:
miraculous, felicitous, fortuitous, well(p), better off(p), lucky, good, heaven-sent, happy, providential, well-off, fortunateunfortunateadjective
unsuitable or regrettable
"an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
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inauspiciousAntonyms:
heaven-sent, felicitous, providential, fortuitous, happy, fortunate, better off(p), lucky, good, well(p), well-off, miraculous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unfortunateadjective
Synonyms:
unsuccessful, unprosperous, unlucky, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starredunfortunateadjective
Synonyms:
disastrous, calamitous, unhappy, deplorable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unfortunateadjective
Synonyms:
unlucky, unsuccessful, disastrous, ill-starred, ill-fated
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unfortunate":
regrettable, unhappy, deplorable, sad, lamentable, miserable, hapless, unlucky, wretched, unappy, tragic, unpleasant, disgraceful, ill-fated, pitiful, dismal, unfortunately, disappointing, sorrowful, untoward
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2535 | broken | |
#4184 | unfortunately | |
#4320 | ill | |
#5071 | sad | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#7488 | fallen | |
#12840 | unfortunate | |
#13147 | tragic | |
#14263 | crushed | |
#14572 | unhappy | |
#15772 | disappointing | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#17103 | unsuccessful | |
#18616 | unpleasant | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#31860 | ominous | |
#32663 | unlucky | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#45257 | disgraceful | |
#54242 | regrettable | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#56568 | sorrowful | |
#79668 | untoward | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#127931 | calamitous | |
#137695 | inauspicious |
How to use unfortunate in a sentence?
Schulz told lies in German, and it's unfortunate someone can speak German in this house, but it is our responsibility to stand up against it - the generation of Schulz's parents and the generation of the Arab MKs' parents collaborated to destroy the Jews. (on European Parliament President Martin Schulz)
We want to thank people for their cooperation, which allowed for a death toll that while unfortunate was not very high considering the strength of the earthquake.
There’s been a lot of talk about vaccine mandates and venues. People saying, ‘I’m not going to that venue because of the vaccine mandate’ and this, that and the other. Trust me, we’ve done all our research on this and the consensus says that all this is going to be done, if there are any at these venues, I’m not aware of any, but if there are any, they’re going to be gone by the time we get to your city. If they’re not, trust me, you don’t have to worry. You’ll be getting your money back because I won’t be showing up either, it's actually kind of unfortunate. We actually scratched Buffalo, New York off the list because of that and Toronto, Canada and several other cities we were looking at. I don't want to deal with that s--t either.
I think it's really unfortunate, it seems to be part of a movement by this generation of conservative politicians to not make decisions based on science, evidence and facts.
It's unfortunate, it's probably the most heartbroken I've been on court, i think maybe that's why I sort of lashed out at the start of the fifth set. I don't think that's like Milos Raonic on Friday to do, but sometimes it's a little bit too much to keep in.
Translations for unfortunate
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- يؤسف لهArabic
- desafortunatCatalan, Valencian
- ulykkelig, uheldigDanish
- unglückselig, unglücklichGerman
- desafortunadoSpanish
- malencontreux, infortunéFrench
- դժբախտArmenian
- desfortunozaIdo
- sfortunatoItalian
- بێبهخت, نهگبهتKurdish
- uheldigNorwegian
- неуда́чный, несчастли́вый, несча́стный, неуда́чливыйRussian
- olyckligSwedish
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