Synonyms for hapless
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Luckless — very miserable, wretched, unhappy, measly, forlorn
luckless, wretched, unlucky, miserable, unfortunate, poor, unhappy, pathetic, ill-fated, pitiful, pitiable, disastrous, piteous, ill-starred, misfortunate, woeful, sorrowful, inauspicious, infelicitous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Very miserable, wretched, unhappy, measly, forlorn.
Example sentences
- unfortunate He has shown remorse for the unfortunate incident.
- pathetic The education in that institute is simply pathetic.
- unlucky It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1
- 6 letters
- woeful2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, unlucky3, pitiful3, piteous
- 8 letters
- pathetic3, wretched2, luckless2, pitiable4
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3
- 10 letters
- disastrous3
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4
- 12 letters
- inauspicious4, misfortunate, infelicitous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (woeful2 = 2 syllables).