Fortunate and Heartrending

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Fortunate adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.

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Heartrending is an antonym for fortunate.

Nearby Words: fortune, fortunately

Heartrending adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.

Usage example: heartrending memories of all the terrible crimes he'd committed and was sorry for now

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Fortunate is an antonym for heartrending.

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Heartrending and Fortunate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fortunate/heartrending

Fortunate & Heartrending. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fortunate/heartrending>.

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