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ill-fated(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
16
unfortunate(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
15
unlucky(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
14
star-crossed(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
13
hapless(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
13
wretched(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
12
unhappy(adjective, bad, sad, unpleasant, miserable)
11
ill-omened(adjective, doomed, unfavorable, ominous, unlucky)
10
miserable(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
9
inauspicious(adjective, unpleasant, miserable, wretched, adverse)
9
luckless(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
8
doomed(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, miserable)
8
sinister(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
8
untoward(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
7
calamitous(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, miserable)
7
gloomy(adjective, unfavorable, ominous, unpromising)
7
poor(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
7
unpropitious(adjective, bad, poor, unpleasant, awkward)
6
catastrophic(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched, unfortunate)
6
deplorable(adjective, bad, poor, awful, awkward)
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