Sad and Unlucky

Sad

Sad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

Unlucky and sad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unlucky" instead an adjective "Sad".

Nearby Words: sadness, sadly

Unlucky

Unlucky adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.
Usage example: the settlers made the unlucky decision to cross the dangerous mountain pass in the middle of winter

Sad and unlucky are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sad" instead an adjective "Unlucky".

Nearby Word: unluckily

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Snow Falling on Cedars I'd be sad too, given the earlier trope mentioned... Unlucky Childhood Friend: Oh, Ishmael.
  • Manga / Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches The sad future in which Shiraishi becomes unlucky because she is made student council secretary: Sarushima appears in the vision, but since Yamada gets the vision from kissing her, she shouldn't be visible at it's from her point of view.
  • Memes / Touhou Failice. Explanation A Fan Nickname for certain depictions of Alice, which depict her as a Butt Monkey Unlucky Everydude steamrolled by the Reimu/Marisa pairing, an evil bitch, a yandere, or an overly dependent, emo sad sack ignored for Reimu/Marisa or the other pairings.
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