Infelicitous, cursed, adverse, inappropriate, and inapt are all synonyms for unfortunate. Fortunate and lucky are these antonyms of unfortunate. And here are another 57 synonyms for unfortunate.
Unfortunate Synonyms
1. unlucky
- Cursed
- Down on one's luck
- Forlorn
- Hapless
- Ill-fated
- Ill-omened
- Ill-starred
- Jinxed
- Luckless
- Miserable
- Out of luck
- Pitiful
- Poor
- Star-crossed
- Unhappy
- Unlucky
- Wretched
- Doomed
2. adverse
- Adverse
- Awful
- Calamitous
- Detrimental
- Dire
- Disadvantageous
- Disastrous
- Distressing
- Grievous
- Hard
- Harmful
- Hostile
- Inauspicious
- Inimical
- Injurious
- Lamentable
- Miserable
- Ruinous
- Terrible
- Tough
- Tragic
- Unadvantageous
- Unfavourable
- Unlucky
- Unpromising
- Unpropitious
- Untimely
- Untoward
- Unwelcome
- Wretched
3. regrettable
- Inappropriate
- Inapt
- Infelicitous
- Regrettable
- Tactless
- Unsuitable
- Untoward
- Injudicious