unfortunate
adjectiveHow many syllables in unfortunate?
There are 4 syllables in the word unfortunate.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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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- self-contented
- psychedelic
- irreverent
- illustrated
- extinguisher
- catechism
- veracity
- relentlessness
- inconsistent
- competitive
- virginity
- philatelist
- molecular
- inorganic
- enterprising
- embodiment
- debutante
- cynicism
- preservation
- plagiarize
- innuendo
- Arianna
- affluency
- timeliness
- prosecutor
- operatic
- inheritance
- economist
- cordially
- atmospheric
- armadillo
- poetically
- amygdala
- synonymous
- rigorously
- pistachios
- mpumalanga
- infiltrator
- indigenous
- execution
- depravity
- acceptable
- prosciutto
- cultivation
- Samaritan
- primavera
- fellow-creature
- disposition
- anaerobic
- accompanies
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