Unfortunate synonyms

57 synonyms for unfortunate such as infelicitous, cursed, adverse, inappropriate, and inapt. Unfortunate is an adjective, and its antonyms are fortunate and lucky.

Another word for unfortunate

1. unlucky

Cursed, doomed, 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, and wretched.

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, and wretched.

3. regrettable

Inappropriate, inapt, infelicitous, injudicious, regrettable, tactless, unsuitable, and untoward.

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