All unfortunate synonyms
unΒ·forΒ·tuΒ·nate
U u adj unfortunate
- dead duck β If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- hexed β to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
- malefic β productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- ill-omened β having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred.
- down on β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- irredeemable β not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- adverse β Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- hapless β unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
- heart-rending β causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- bummed β depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- doomed β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- lamenting β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- in the cards β a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3β³ Γ 5β³ file card; a membership card.
- anachronistic β You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- doomful β foreshadowing doom; portentously direful; ominous.
- disastrous β causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- god-awful β extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- ill-considered β lacking thorough consideration; ill-suited; unwise.
- beyond recall β If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- have no use for β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- goner β a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- bright and early β very early in the morning
- godawful β extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- accursed β Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- heartbreaking β causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- ill-fated β destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- inopportune β not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
- clunky β If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
- inauspicious β not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
noun unfortunate
- bad break β misfortune, period of bad luck
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
adjective unfortunate
- mistimed β Done at an inappropriate moment; badly timed.
- infelicitous β inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- abject β You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
- deplorable β If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- discommodious β Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- jinxed β Simple past tense and past participle of jinx.
- woeful β full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- annihilative β Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
- commiserable β worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- nocent β harmful; injurious.
- misfortunate β Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- ill β of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.