Synonyms of hapless

hapless

adjective

as in unfortunate

having, prone to, or marked by bad luck

the hapless motorist had barely paid his bill and driven away from the body shop when a truck sideswiped his car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unfortunate
• unhappy
• luckless
• disastrous
• unlucky
• doomed
• unfavorable
• hard-luck
• ill-starred
• jinxed
• ill-fated
• snakebitten
• snakebit
• star-crossed
• tragic
• adverse
• damned
• catastrophic
• inauspicious
• unpromising
• tragical
• calamitous
• accursed
• ill
• untoward
• accurst

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lucky
• happy
• fortunate
• gifted
• privileged
• favored
• promising
• favorable
• golden
• fair
• blessed
• propitious
• blest
• auspicious

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• lucky
• happy
• fortunate
• gifted
• privileged
• favored
• promising
• favorable
• golden
• fair
• blessed
• propitious
• blest
• auspicious

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