misfortunate English

Meaning misfortunate meaning

What does misfortunate mean?

misfortunate

— adjective (= hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched) deserving or inciting pity a hapless victim miserable victims of war the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic — Galsworthy piteous appeals for help pitiable homeless children a pitiful fate Oh, you poor thing his poor distorted limbs a wretched life

Synonyms misfortunate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as misfortunate?

misfortunate English » English

unlucky

pitiful

piteous

pathetic

miserable

hapless

wretched

poor

pitiable

unhappy

luckless

inauspicious

hopeless

dysphoric

distressed

decriable