20
ill-starred(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
17
unfortunate(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
17
unlucky(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
16
star-crossed(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
15
hapless(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
15
ill-omened(adjective, hopeless, threatening, doomed, unfavorable)
13
inauspicious(adjective, miserable, wretched, unfortunate, doomed)
13
luckless(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
12
doomed(adjective, bad, unhappy, dark, gloomy)
12
unhappy(adjective, bad, sad, unpleasant, miserable)
11
threatening(adjective, person, feelings, pessimistic, unfavorable)
10
foreboding(adjective, person, feelings, warning, threatening)
9
menacing(adjective, person, feelings, ominous)
9
sinister(adjective, person, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
8
ominous(adjective, person, feelings, miserable, wretched)
8
poor(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, depressed)
8
untoward(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
8
wretched(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
7
disastrous(adjective, miserable, unfortunate, doomed, detrimental)
7
portentous(adjective, exciting, foreboding, ominous)
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