unfortunateness
State of misfortune
Unfortunateness is the quality or state of being unfortunate—the condition of suffering bad luck or unfavorable circumstances.
The word is rare and awkward; speakers almost always prefer misfortune or bad luck: The unfortunateness of the timing was apparent to everyone.
Afflicted with misfortune
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- ill-fatedDestined to fail
- haplessLacking good fortune
- unluckyProne to misfortune
ill-starred · star-crossed · doomed · snakebit · hard-luck · luckless · inauspicious · hexed
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- setbackReverse in progress
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
crisis · difficulty · struggle · affliction · ordeal · distress · plight · predicament
jinxed
Afflicted with misfortune
unlucky · ill-starred · star-crossed · doomed · snakebit · hard-luck · luckless · inauspicious · hexed · blighted
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
catastrophe · crisis · difficulty · struggle · affliction · ordeal · distress · plight · predicament · trouble
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
despair · misery · sadness · regret · distress · mourning · melancholy · woe · lamentation · bereavement
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
desolate · grim · somber · forlorn · cheerless · hopeless · dark · depressing · dire · dispiriting
unfortunatenessfortunateness
State of being favored
luckiness · good fortune · serendipity · auspiciousness · fortuitousness
unfortunatenessblessedness
State of spiritual grace
grace · providence · divine favor · beatitude
fortune, fortunate, unfortunate, misfortune, fortunately, unfortunately, fortuitous, fortuity, fortune-telling