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un-fortunate
adjective as in inauspicious
adjective as in inopportune
adjective as in lamentable
Strongest matches
adjective as in bad
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in rotten
adjective as in ruinous
Strongest matches
adjective as in sinister
Strongest matches
adjective as in star-crossed
adjective as in terrible
Strongest matches
adjective as in tragic
Strongest matches
adjective as in underprivileged
adjective as in unfavorable
Strongest matches
adjective as in unfortunate
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in untimely
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- a bit previous
- abortive
- anachronistic
- awkward
- badly timed
- bright and early
- disagreeable
- early
- early bird
- early on
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- inexpedient
- inopportune
- intrusive
- malapropos
- mistimed
- out-of-date
- overearly
- oversoon
- previous
- soon
- too early
- too late
- unfavorable
- unfit
- unlucky
- unpropitious
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- wrong
adjective as in untoward
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in unwise
adjective as in woeful
Strongest matches
adjective as in wretched
Strongest matches
adjective as in ill-fated
adjective as in accursed
Weak matches
adjective as in lamenting
Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in luckless
adjective as in calamitous
adjective as in ungracious
adjective as in ill-considered
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in tumbledown
Weak matches
- annihilative
- baleful
- baneful
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- crippling
- damaging
- deadly
- deleterious
- depleting
- dilapidated
- dire
- draining
- exhausting
- extravagant
- fatal
- fateful
- harmful
- hurtful
- immoderate
- impoverishing
- injurious
- murderous
- noxious
- pernicious
- ramshackle
- rundown
- shattering
- suicidal
- unfortunate
- wasteful
- withering
- wrackful
adjective as in unadvantageous
Weak matches
- adverse
- antagonistic
- calamitous
- contrary
- damaging
- destructive
- disadvantageous
- discommodious
- hostile
- ill
- ill-advised
- improper
- inadvisable
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inimical
- inopportune
- late
- low
- malapropos
- negative
- objectionable
- ominous
- opposed
- poor
- regrettable
- tardy
- threatening
- troublesome
- unfit
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unsatisfactory
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- wrong
adjective as in adverse
adjective as in dire
Strongest matches
adjective as in disastrous
adjective as in dismal
Weak matches
- afflictive
- black
- boring
- cheerless
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- dingy
- disagreeable
- dispiriting
- doleful
- dolorous
- forlorn
- frowning
- funereal
- gruesome
- hopeless
- in the pits
- inauspicious
- joyless
- lonesome
- lowering
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- monotonous
- morbid
- oppressive
- overcast
- shadowy
- somber
- sorrowful
- tedious
- tenebrous
- troublesome
- unfortunate
- unhappy
adjective as in doomed
Strong matches
adjective as in graceless
adjective as in heartbreaking
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in ill
Strong matches
Weak matches
- acrimonious
- adverse
- antagonistic
- cantankerous
- damaging
- deleterious
- detrimental
- disrespectful
- disturbing
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hurtful
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- inauspicious
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- nocent
- nocuous
- noxious
- ominous
- ruinous
- sinister
- sullen
- surly
- threatening
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unwholesome
- vile
- wicked
adjective as in ill-fated/ill-starred
noun as in sad sack
adjective as in inauspicious
adjective as in inopportune
adjective as in lamentable
Strongest matches
adjective as in bad
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in rotten
adjective as in ruinous
Strongest matches
adjective as in sinister
Strongest matches
adjective as in star-crossed
adjective as in terrible
Strongest matches
adjective as in tragic
Strongest matches
adjective as in underprivileged
adjective as in unfavorable
Strongest matches
adjective as in unfortunate
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in untimely
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- a bit previous
- abortive
- anachronistic
- awkward
- badly timed
- bright and early
- disagreeable
- early
- early bird
- early on
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- inexpedient
- inopportune
- intrusive
- malapropos
- mistimed
- out-of-date
- overearly
- oversoon
- previous
- soon
- too early
- too late
- unfavorable
- unfit
- unlucky
- unpropitious
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- wrong
adjective as in untoward
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in unwise
adjective as in woeful
Strongest matches
adjective as in wretched
Strongest matches
adjective as in ill-fated
adjective as in accursed
Weak matches
adjective as in lamenting
Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in luckless
adjective as in calamitous
adjective as in ungracious
adjective as in ill-considered
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in tumbledown
Weak matches
- annihilative
- baleful
- baneful
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- crippling
- damaging
- deadly
- deleterious
- depleting
- dilapidated
- dire
- draining
- exhausting
- extravagant
- fatal
- fateful
- harmful
- hurtful
- immoderate
- impoverishing
- injurious
- murderous
- noxious
- pernicious
- ramshackle
- rundown
- shattering
- suicidal
- unfortunate
- wasteful
- withering
- wrackful
adjective as in unadvantageous
Weak matches
- adverse
- antagonistic
- calamitous
- contrary
- damaging
- destructive
- disadvantageous
- discommodious
- hostile
- ill
- ill-advised
- improper
- inadvisable
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inimical
- inopportune
- late
- low
- malapropos
- negative
- objectionable
- ominous
- opposed
- poor
- regrettable
- tardy
- threatening
- troublesome
- unfit
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unsatisfactory
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- wrong
adjective as in adverse
adjective as in dire
Strongest matches
adjective as in disastrous
adjective as in dismal
Weak matches
- afflictive
- black
- boring
- cheerless
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- dingy
- disagreeable
- dispiriting
- doleful
- dolorous
- forlorn
- frowning
- funereal
- gruesome
- hopeless
- in the pits
- inauspicious
- joyless
- lonesome
- lowering
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- monotonous
- morbid
- oppressive
- overcast
- shadowy
- somber
- sorrowful
- tedious
- tenebrous
- troublesome
- unfortunate
- unhappy
adjective as in doomed
Strong matches
adjective as in graceless
adjective as in heartbreaking
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
adjective as in ill
Strong matches
Weak matches
- acrimonious
- adverse
- antagonistic
- cantankerous
- damaging
- deleterious
- detrimental
- disrespectful
- disturbing
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hurtful
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- inauspicious
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- nocent
- nocuous
- noxious
- ominous
- ruinous
- sinister
- sullen
- surly
- threatening
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unwholesome
- vile
- wicked
adjective as in ill-fated/ill-starred
noun as in sad sack
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On this page you'll find 1518 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to un-fortunate, such as: unfortunate, bad, baleful, baneful, dire, and discouraging.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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