Synonyms of unlucky

unlucky

adjective

1

as in unfortunate

having, prone to, or marked by bad luck

the unlucky campers had rain all week

I'm so unlucky I don't bother to play the lottery

an unlucky throw of the dice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in tragic

of a kind to cause great distress

the settlers made the unlucky decision to cross the dangerous mountain pass in the middle of winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unfortunate
• tragic
• tragical
• terrible
• regrettable
• horrible
• woeful
• lamentable
• deplorable
• shocking
• distressful
• grievous
• sad
• painful
• awful
• heartbreaking
• distressing
• miserable
• disturbing
• dire
• troublesome
• dreadful
• disastrous
• unsettling
• fearful
• pitiful
• affecting
• severe
• wretched
• sickening
• unbearable
• vexatious
• traumatic
• heartrending
• moving
• crushing
• touching
• horrifying
• piteous
• doleful
• alarming
• poignant
• overwhelming
• calamitous
• intolerable
• perturbing
• excruciating
• ruthful
• harrowing
• raging
• sharp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rewarding
• satisfying
• pleasing
• gratifying
• lucky
• encouraging
• fortunate
• comforting
• happy
• heartening
• inspiring
• cheering
• heartwarming

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• rewarding
• satisfying
• pleasing
• gratifying
• lucky
• encouraging
• fortunate
• comforting
• happy
• heartening
• inspiring
• cheering
• heartwarming

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