unfortunate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who suffers misfortune
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- abandoned person hyponym
- amputee hyponym
- choker hyponym
- desperate hyponym
- homeless hyponym
- Job hyponym
- jinx hyponym
- languisher hyponym
- nonstarter hyponym
- maroon hyponym
- mourner hyponym
- nympholept hyponym
- castaway hyponym
- poor person hyponym
- captive hyponym
- schlimazel hyponym
- sufferer hyponym
- survivor hyponym
- victim hyponym
- crier hyponym
Related & opposite
- unfortunate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
an unfortunate turn of events
Related & opposite
- unlucky also see
- underprivileged also see
- unsuccessful also see
- fortunate antonym
- unfortunate derivation
- abject similar to
- calamitous similar to
- dispossessed similar to
- poor similar to
- ill-fated similar to
- downtrodden similar to
- infelicitous similar to
- regrettable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not auspicious; boding ill
Related & opposite
- auspicious antonym
- auspiciousness attribute
- inauspiciousness derivation
- unpromising similar to
Sense 4 adjective
unsuitable or regrettable
an unfortunate choice of words
Related & opposite
- infelicitous similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unfortunate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abandoned person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amputee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | choker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desperate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homeless |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Job |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jinx |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | languisher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonstarter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maroon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mourner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nympholept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | castaway |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poor person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | captive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | schlimazel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sufferer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | survivor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | victim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crier |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unlucky |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | underprivileged |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unsuccessful |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fortunate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unfortunate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | abject |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | calamitous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dispossessed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | poor |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ill-fated |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | downtrodden |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | infelicitous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | regrettable |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | auspicious |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | auspiciousness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inauspiciousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpromising |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | infelicitous |