55 entries under unfortunate topic. ×

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ill-fated(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
15
unlucky(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
13
hapless(adjective, bad, poor, sad, unhappy)
13
wretched(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
12
unhappy(adjective, bad, sad, unpleasant, miserable)
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
untoward(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
7
calamitous(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, miserable)
7
unpropitious(adjective, bad, poor, unpleasant, awkward)
6
catastrophic(adjective, unhappy, miserable, wretched)
6
deplorable(adjective, bad, poor, awful, awkward)
6
infelicitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
6
ominous(adjective, miserable, wretched, black)
5
disastrous(adjective, miserable, doomed, detrimental)
5
fateful(adjective, sad, awful, painful, suffering)
5
tragic(adjective, bad, miserable, wretched)
4
jinxed(adjective, bad, poor, wretched)
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