UNFORTUNATE PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unfortunate person mean? 

• UNFORTUNATE PERSON (noun)
  The noun UNFORTUNATE PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person who suffers misfortune

  Familiarity information: UNFORTUNATE PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNFORTUNATE PERSON (noun)

Meaning:

A person who suffers misfortune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

unfortunate; unfortunate person

Hypernyms ("unfortunate person" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfortunate person"):

abandoned person (someone for whom hope has been abandoned)

nympholept (a person seized by nympholepsy)

castaway; Ishmael; outcast; pariah (a person who is rejected (from society or home))

have-not; poor person (a person with few or no possessions)

captive; prisoner (a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war)

schlimazel; shlimazel ((Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything)

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

subsister; survivor (one who lives through affliction)

victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)

griever; lamenter; mourner; sorrower (a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died))

maroon (a person who is stranded (as on an island))

amputee (someone who has had a limb removed by amputation)

choker (an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation)

desperate (a person who is frightened and in need of help)

homeless; homeless person (someone with no housing)

Job (any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing)

jinx; jonah (a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him)

languisher (a person who languishes)

failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)

crier; weeper (a person who weeps)