35 entries under unfortunate topic. ×

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disastrous(adjective, help, sad, unhappy, awful)
24
tragic(adjective, sad, miserable, wretched, adverse)
21
calamitous(adjective, help, sad, unhappy, awful)
21
destructive(adjective, help, grave, injurious)
20
cataclysmic(adjective, help, awful, terrible, miserable)
15
devastating(adjective, dreadful, harmful, injurious)
14
dire(adjective, awful, terrible, miserable, painful)
12
harmful(adjective, dreadful, injurious, damaging)
12
unlucky(adjective, adverse, doomed, inauspicious)
8
terrible(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, dreadful)
6
adverse(adjective, dreadful, adverse, injurious)
5
dreadful(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
5
ill-fated(adjective, miserable, wretched, doomed)
5
inauspicious(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched, adverse)
3
miserable(adjective, sad, unhappy, wretched, adverse)
3
star-crossed(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
3
unfavorable(adjective, miserable, wretched, dreadful, adverse)
3
untoward(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched, adverse)
2
hapless(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
2
ill-starred(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
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