HyperDic: unfortunate_person

English > 1 sense of the expression unfortunate person:
NOUNperson unfortunate person, unfortunatea person who suffers misfortune
English > unfortunate person: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA person who suffers misfortune.
Synonymunfortunate
NarrowerJobAny long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
abandoned personsomeone for whom hope has been abandoned
amputeesomeone who has had a limb removed by amputation
chokerAn unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation / agitation
desperateA person who is frightened and in need of help
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful personA person with a record of failing
homeless, homeless personsomeone unfortunate without housing
jonah, jinxA person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
languisherA person who languishes
maroonA person who is stranded (as on an island)
mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenterA person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
nympholeptA person seized by nympholepsy
outcast, castaway, pariah, IshmaelA person who is rejected (from society or home / home / home)
poor person, have-notA person with few or no possessions
prisoner, captiveA person who is confined
schlimazel, shlimazel(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
sick person, diseased person, suffererA person suffering from an illness
survivor, subsisterOne who lives through affliction
victimAn unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
weeper, crierA person who weeps
Broaderperson, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soulA human being
Spanishdesdichado, desgraciado, desventurado
Catalandesgraciat, desventurat, infeliç

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