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UNFORTUNATE PERSON Synonyms

There are 26 synonyms of the phrase unfortunate person. (exact relations)
There are 6 hypernyms of the phrase unfortunate person. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for UNFORTUNATE PERSON

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crestfallen
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brought low in spirit

dejected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• affected or marked by low spirits

depressed
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• lower than previously

• flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces

• filled with melancholy and despondency

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

disconsolate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled

adjective satellite

• causing dejection

distressed
adjectiveadj
adjective

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

doleful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• filled with or evoking sadness

downcast
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

adjective satellite

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

downhearted
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• filled with melancholy and despondency

forlorn
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by or showing hopelessness

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

hapless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deserving or inciting pity

heartbroken
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• full of sorrow

luckless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or bringing misfortune

melancholy
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a feeling of thoughtful sadness

• a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

• a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

adjective satellite

• characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

• grave or even gloomy in character

miserable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very unhappy; full of misery

• deserving or inciting pity

• of the most contemptible kind

• of very poor quality or condition

• characterized by physical misery

• contemptibly small in amount

pitiable
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inspiring mixed contempt and pity

• deserving or inciting pity

pitiful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inspiring mixed contempt and pity

• bad; unfortunate

• deserving or inciting pity

sad
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

adjective satellite

• of things that make you feel sad

• bad; unfortunate

sorrowful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

Best Hypernyms For UNFORTUNATE PERSON

Here is a list of related hypernyms for unfortunate person, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (6)
individual mortal person somebody someone soul

Alternatives for CRESTFALLEN

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