unfortunate
adjectiveHow many syllables in unfortunate?
There are 4 syllables in the word unfortunate.Divide unfortunate into syllables:
un · for · tu · nate
How to pronounce unfortunate:
Definition of unfortunate:
- unfortunate (adjective):
- caused or accompanied by bad luck
- not favored by fortune unsuccessful, unlucky
- not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.
Synonyms for unfortunate:
abject
adverse
black
calamitous
cataclysmic
catastrophic
damning
destructive
disastrous
dispossessed
doomed
downtrodden
fatal
fateful
hapless
homeless
ill-fated
ill-omened
ill-starred
infelicitous
inopportune
luckless
miserable
misfortunate
pathetic
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Antonyms for unfortunate:
a1
acceptable
accomplished
admirable
advantageous
aiding
amusing
anastrophic
assisting
auspicious
bad
bearable
beautiful
beneficial
blessed
bodacious
brilliant
carefree
cheerful
cheering
cheery
chirpy
clean
comforting
comical
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Other 4-syllable words like unfortunate
Here are some other common words that have 4 syllables, like unfortunate does.
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- manipulate
- attractively
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- diplomacy
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- pessimism
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- comparative
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- deferential
- orthodontist
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- reduplicate
- vitality
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- unconsidered
- urushiol
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- urology
- astonishment
- inedible
- diaphanous
- horrendously
- illustrious
- desirable
- exuberance
- unwittingly
- variable
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