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Synonyms for misfortunate
mis·for·tu·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretchedadjective
deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
Synonyms:
ridiculous, paltry, deplorable, scummy, woeful, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, vile, low-down, despicable, inadequate, low, miserable, worthless, sad, piteous, hapless, lamentable, pitiable, distressing, measly, poor, pathetic, short, wretched, silly, sorry, pitiful, abject, unworthy, uglyAntonyms:
fortunate
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #402 | low | |
| #746 | short | |
| #1711 | poor | |
| #2263 | sorry | |
| #5071 | sad | |
| #5907 | suffering | |
| #7689 | ugly | |
| #8155 | silly | |
| #10208 | inadequate | |
| #12604 | ridiculous | |
| #17102 | miserable | |
| #18127 | pathetic | |
| #20769 | worthless | |
| #27379 | vile | |
| #30945 | wretched | |
| #38945 | unworthy | |
| #40996 | pitiful | |
| #42423 | distressing | |
| #43288 | hapless | |
| #47706 | despicable | |
| #48820 | slimy | |
| #51865 | abject | |
| #55032 | deplorable | |
| #57224 | paltry | |
| #68555 | measly | |
| #69348 | scurvy | |
| #77165 | woeful | |
| #92197 | piteous | |
| #95216 | lamentable | |
| #115306 | scummy | |
| #119822 | pitiable | |
| #143060 | execrable |
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