| 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, ill-starred, in a bad way, inappropriate, infelicitous, inopportune, jinxed, lamentable, luckless, out of luck, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, shattered, star-crossed, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched |
Antonyms: |
fortunate, good, happy, lucky, timely |
| Main Entry: | accursed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cursed |
Synonyms: |
bedeviled, condemned, damned, done for, doomed, hexed, ill-fated, star-crossed, unfortunate |
| Main Entry: | adverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfavorable, antagonistic |
Synonyms: |
allergic to, conflicting, contrary, detrimental, disadvantageous, down on, down side, have no use for, inimical, injurious, inopportune, negative, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppugning, ornery*, reluctant, repugnant, stuffy, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unwilling |
| Notes: | aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude averse means reluctant or disinclined; adverse means hostile and antagonistic |
Antonyms: |
advantageous, aiding, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, helpful, lucky, propitious |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing |
Synonyms: |
adverse, disagreeable, discouraged, discouraging, displeasing, distressed, gloomy, grim, melancholy, troubled, troubling, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpleasant |
| Main Entry: | calamitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disastrous; tragic |
Synonyms: |
adverse, afflictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate, woeful |
Antonyms: |
blessed, comforting, favorable, fortunate, happy, joyous, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | dire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrible, ominous |
Synonyms: |
afflictive, alarming, appalling, awful, black, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, depressing, disastrous, dismal, distressing, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, gloomy, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, horrible, horrid, lamentable, oppressing, portentous, redoubtable, regrettable, ruinous, scowling, shocking, terrific, ugly, unfortunate, woeful |
Antonyms: |
fortunate, good, lucky, nice |
| Main Entry: | disastrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detrimental, devastating |
Synonyms: |
adverse, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, dire, dreadful, fatal, fateful, hapless, harmful, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, ruinous, terrible, tragic, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, untoward |
Antonyms: |
blessed, fortunate, lucky, miraculous, prosperous, successful, triumphant, winning, wondrous |
| Main Entry: | dismal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleak, dreary, gloomy |
Synonyms: |
afflictive, black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dull, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, horrid, in the pits, inauspicious, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, monotonous, morbid, murky, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy |
Antonyms: |
bright, cheerful, glad, happy, hopeful, light, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
Synonyms: |
bedeviled, bewitched, convicted, cursed, cut down, damned, dead duck, destroyed, done, done for, fated, fey, foreordained, ill-fated, ill-omened, in the cards, kiss of death, lost, luckless, menaced, overthrown, overwhelmed, predestined, que sera sera, reprobate, ruined, sentenced, star-crossed, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown down, undone, unfortunate, unredeemed, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
hopeful, lucky |
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
Synonyms: |
awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, two left feet, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered |
Antonyms: |
beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |