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unfortunate
Synonyms and Antonyms of unfortunate
- an unfortunate chain of events destroyed the business
apocalyptic (also apocalyptical)
hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless
adverse, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial
fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential
auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, rosy, upbeat
- up to that point in her life she had been unfortunate in love
hapless, hard-luck, ill-fated, ill-starred, jinxed, luckless, snakebit (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unhappy, unlucky
adverse, ill, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising, untoward
calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous
accursed (or accurst), damned, doomed, tragic (also tragical)
blessed (also blest), favored, gifted, privileged
- an unfortunate choice of words that would later prove to be embarrassing for the talk show host
affecting, doleful, moving, piteous, poignant, ruthful, touching
awful, dire, dreadful, fearful, severe, terrible
alarming, disturbing, perturbing, traumatic, unsettling
crushing, excruciating, harrowing, horrible, horrifying, intolerable, overwhelming, shocking, sickening, unbearable
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