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infelicitous - 15 thesaurus results
Main Entry: infelicitous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfortunate
Synonyms: adverse, afflicted, awkward, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-chosen, ill-fated, inappropriate, inept, inopportune, lamentable, luckless, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, star-crossed*, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched, ill-starred, in a bad way*, jinxed, out of luck*, shattered, unprosperous
Main Entry: graceless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clumsy, unsophisticated
Synonyms: awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky*, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, clunky, infelicitous, klutzy, two left feet, unmannered
Antonyms: beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated
Main Entry: hapless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfortunate
Synonyms: cursed, ill-fated, loser, luckless, miserable, sad sack, star-crossed*, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, woeful, wretched, behind the eightball, hexed, ill-starred, infelicitous, jinxed, jonah, poor fish, snakebit, voodooed
Antonyms: fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, well-off
Main Entry: inapt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: incompetent; not suitable
Synonyms: awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, unfit, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, inadept, inapposite, infelicitous, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient
Notes: inapt is 'not suitable or appropriate' while unapt is 'not likely or inclined'
Antonyms: apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited
Main Entry: malapropos
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inappropriate
Synonyms: inapt, inopportune, tactless, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, inapposite, infelicitous, uncalled for
Main Entry: unfortunate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unlucky, bad
Synonyms: adverse, afflicted, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, inappropriate, inopportune, lamentable, luckless, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, star-crossed*, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched, ill-starred, in a bad way, infelicitous, jinxed, out of luck, shattered, unprosperous
Antonyms: fortunate, good, happy, lucky, timely
Main Entry: unsuitable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not proper, inappropriate
Synonyms: clashing, disagreeable, discordant, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inadmissible, inapt, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, ineligible, inharmonious, irrelevant, jarring, malapropos, senseless, unacceptable, unbecoming, uncalled-for, undue, unfit, unmatched, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited, inapposite, infelicitous, interfering, out of character, out of keeping, out of place, unbefitting, unfitting
Antonyms: appropriate, proper, suitable
Main Entry: improper
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not suitable
Synonyms: abnormal, awkward, bad form, discordant, discrepant, erroneous, false, ill-advised, ill-timed, imprudent, inaccurate, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, inexpedient, inharmonious, inopportune, irregular, ludicrous, malapropos, odd, preposterous, uncalled-for*, undue, unfit, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwarranted, wrong, at odds, inapposite, infelicitous, off-base, out-of-place, out-of-season, unapt, unbefitting, uncomely, unfitting
Antonyms: appropriate, correct, fitting, proper, right, suitable
Main Entry: unfit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not appropriate or suited
Synonyms: below par*, can't make the grade, debilitated, decrepit, discordant, down, dragging, feeble, flimsy, ill-adapted, ill-equipped, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inapplicable, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, incorrect, ineffective, inexpedient, infelicitous, inharmonious, laid low, mistaken, not fit, out of element, out of place, out of shape, poorly, rocky*, unbecoming, uncongenial, uncool, unhealthy, unlikely, unmeet, unpromising, unsuitable, unsuited, useless, valueless
Antonyms: appropriate, fit, suitable
Main Entry: inept
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not suitable; improper
Synonyms: absurd, ill-timed, inappropriate, inapt, malapropos, meaningless, pointless, ridiculous, undue, unfit, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, infelicitous, not adapted, out of place
Antonyms: acceptable, proper, suitable
Main Entry: wrong
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inappropriate, not suitable
Synonyms: amiss, awkward, bad, disproportionate, funny, gauche, ill-advised, improper, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, malapropos, misplaced, off-balance, rotten*, unacceptable, unbecoming, unconventional, undesirable, unfit, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable, infelicitous, not done, unfitted, unfitting
Antonyms: acceptable, appropriate, correct, suitable, ok
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Main Entry: pain
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
unpalatable, a prey to, a prey to grief, abhorrent, accursed, aching, acute, affecting, afflicted, afflicting, afflictive, aggravating, agonizing, algedonic, amyctic, annoying, anxious, aponic, appalling, awkward, between hawk and buzzard, biting, bitter, bothering, broken, calamitous, careworn, carking, causing pain, caustic, chagrined, cheerless, comfortless, concerned, consuming, corroding, cruel, crushed, crushing, cumbersome, cumbrous, cut up, cutting, deplorable, depressing, depressive, desolating, devoted, dire, disagreeable, disastrous, discontented, disgusting, disheartening, dismal, displeased, displeasing, distasteful, distressing, disturbed, dolorific, dolorous, doomed, dreadful, dreary, enough to drive one mad, enough to make a person swear, enough to provoke a saint, envenomed, excruciating, execrable, fashed, fearful, frightful, full of pain, fulsome, galling, grating, grave, grievous, grim, grinding, griped, hagridden, harassing, hard, harrowing, harsh, hateful, heart, heart, heart, heart, heavy, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrified, horrifying, horror, hurting, ill, ill at ease, in a state of pain, in a taking, in a way, in despair, in grief, in limbo, in pain, in tears, infelicitous, insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, invidious, irksome, irritating, joyless, kedogenous, lamentable, loathful, loathsome, lost, melancholy, melpomenish, miserable, more than flesh and blood can bear, mortifying, mournful, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, not to be borne, not to be endured, obnoxious, odious, offensive, on the rack, onerous, oppressive, out of humor, pained, painful, past bearing, pathetic, pestering, piteous, pitiable, plaguing, plaguy, plunged in grief, poor, provoking, racking, rending, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rueful, ruinous, sad, searching, severe, sharp, shocking, sickening, sore, sorrowful, sorrowing, sorry, steeped to the lips in misery, stinging, stranded, stricken, suffering, teasing, terrific, thankless, thrilling, tiresome, to be pitied, tormenting, torminous, torturous, touching, tragical, tremendous, troublesome, unacceptable, unaccommodating, unbearable, uncomfortable, undesirable, undesired, undone, uneasy, unendurable, unfortunate, unhappy, uninviting, unlucky, unpleasant, unpleasing, unpopular, unsatisfactory, untoward, unwelcome, vexatious, victimized, vile, vulnerative, wearisome, weary, withering, wobegone, woeful, worried, worrying, wretched
Main Entry: unskillful
Part of Speech: adjective
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Adjectives:
unskillful, adrift, ambilevous, ambisinistrous, at fault, awkward, blunderly, bungling, clodpolish, clumsy, cow-handed, disqualified, foolish, gauche, gawky, giddy, green, heavy-handed, ill-advised, ill-conducted, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-qualified, inactive, inapt, incompetent, inconsiderate, inexperienced, inexpert, infelicitous, inhabile, jackleg, kitthoge, left-handed, lubberly, maladroit, misadvised, misconducted, misguided, out of practice, penny-wise and pound-foolish, quackish, raw, rusty, shiftless, slatternly, slovenly, stupid, unaccustomed, unadvised, unapt, unconversant, unfit, unguided, unhandy, uninitiated, unqualified, unstatesmanlike, unteachable, untractable, untrained, unused, wild
Main Entry: unsuitableness
Part of Speech:
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Adjectives:
dyslogistic, ill, inauspicious, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, melancounterous, misbecoming, mistimed, not the thing, out of date, out of season, out of the question, premature, preposterous, seemless, timeless, too late for, too soon for, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unpunctual, unseasonable, unsuited, untimely, untoward, would
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