Synonyms for infelicitous
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sad — unhappy or unfortunate
low, sad, unfortunate, miserable, unlucky, wretched, lamentable, melancholy, dismal, hapless, dejected, mournful, sorrowful, woeful, despondent, disconsolate, woebegone
2. Unhappy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unhappy or unfortunate.
- adj. 2
Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
Example sentences
- sad Mother always cries when she listens to sad songs.
- unfortunate He has shown remorse for the unfortunate incident.
- unlucky It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
- lamentable And now let's discuss the lamentable state of affairs.
- clumsy Her movements were awkward and her gesture clumsy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| infelicitous | rising | |
| sad | rising | |
| unfortunate | falling | |
| unlucky | rising | |
| lamentable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, sad1
- 5 letters
- inept2, inapt
- 6 letters
- clumsy2, dismal2, woeful2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, unlucky3, hapless2
- 8 letters
- wretched2, dejected3, mournful2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, despondent3, lamentable4
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inept2 = 2 syllables).