UNFORTUNATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person who suffers misfortune
   Synonym(s)
   • unfortunate person (what does unfortunate person mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) unfortunate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • person (what does person mean?)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • someone (what does someone mean?)
   • somebody (what does somebody mean?)
   • mortal (what does mortal mean?)
   • human (what does human mean?)
   • soul (what does soul mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • abandoned person (what does abandoned person mean?)
   • amputee (what does amputee mean?)
   • choker (what does choker mean?)
   • cripple (what does cripple mean?)
   • desperate (what does desperate mean?)
   • homeless (what does homeless mean?)
   • homeless person (what does homeless person mean?)
   • Job (what does Job mean?)
   • jonah (what does jonah mean?)
   • jinx (what does jinx mean?)
   • languisher (what does languisher mean?)
   • failure (what does failure mean?)
   • loser (what does loser mean?)
   • nonstarter (what does nonstarter mean?)
   • unsuccessful person (what does unsuccessful person mean?)
   • maroon (what does maroon mean?)
   • mourner (what does mourner mean?)
   • griever (what does griever mean?)
   • sorrower (what does sorrower mean?)
   • lamenter (what does lamenter mean?)
   • nympholept (what does nympholept mean?)
   • outcast (what does outcast mean?)
   • castaway (what does castaway mean?)
   • pariah (what does pariah mean?)
   • Ishmael (what does Ishmael mean?)
   • poor person (what does poor person mean?)
   • have-not (what does have-not mean?)
   • prisoner (what does prisoner mean?)
   • captive (what does captive mean?)
   • schlimazel (what does schlimazel mean?)
   • shlimazel (what does shlimazel mean?)
   • sick person (what does sick person mean?)
   • diseased person (what does diseased person mean?)
   • sufferer (what does sufferer mean?)
   • survivor (what does survivor mean?)
   • subsister (what does subsister mean?)
   • victim (what does victim mean?)
   • weeper (what does weeper mean?)
   • crier (what does crier mean?)

UNFORTUNATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not auspicious
   • boding ill
   Synonym(s)
   • inauspicious (what does inauspicious mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • auspicious (what does auspicious mean?)
   Similar To
   • unpromising (what does unpromising mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • auspiciousness (what does auspiciousness mean?)
   • propitiousness (what does propitiousness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • unsuitable or regrettable
   Usage Example(s)
   • an unfortunate choice of words
   • an unfortunate speech
   Similar To
   • infelicitous (what does infelicitous mean?)
3. Meaning
   • not favored by fortune
   • marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
   Usage Example(s)
   • an unfortunate turn of events
   • an unfortunate decision
   • unfortunate investments
   • an unfortunate night for all concerned
   Antonym(s)
   • fortunate (what does fortunate mean?)
   Similar To
   • abject (what does abject mean?)
   • black (what does black mean?)
   • calamitous (what does calamitous mean?)
   • disastrous (what does disastrous mean?)
   • fatal (what does fatal mean?)
   • fateful (what does fateful mean?)
   • castaway (what does castaway mean?)
   • shipwrecked (what does shipwrecked mean?)
   • dispossessed (what does dispossessed mean?)
   • homeless (what does homeless mean?)
   • roofless (what does roofless mean?)
   • hapless (what does hapless mean?)
   • miserable (what does miserable mean?)
   • misfortunate (what does misfortunate mean?)
   • pathetic (what does pathetic mean?)
   • piteous (what does piteous mean?)
   • pitiable (what does pitiable mean?)
   • pitiful (what does pitiful mean?)
   • poor (what does poor mean?)
   • wretched (what does wretched mean?)
   • doomed (what does doomed mean?)
   • ill-fated (what does ill-fated mean?)
   • ill-omened (what does ill-omened mean?)
   • ill-starred (what does ill-starred mean?)
   • unlucky (what does unlucky mean?)
   • infelicitous (what does infelicitous mean?)
   • unhappy (what does unhappy mean?)
   • regrettable (what does regrettable mean?)
   • too bad (what does too bad mean?)
   See Also
   • underprivileged (what does underprivileged mean?)
   • unlucky (what does unlucky mean?)
   • luckless (what does luckless mean?)
   • unsuccessful (what does unsuccessful mean?)