sfortunato

Definitions of sfortunato
  1. noun
    a person who suffers misfortune
    synonyms: disgraziato, sventurato
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    barbone, senzatetto
    someone unfortunate without housing
    brocco, vinto
    a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
    paria
    a person who is rejected (from society or home)
    povero
    a person with few or no possessions
    prigioniero, recluso
    a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
    ammalato, malato
    a person suffering from an illness
    vittima
    an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
    bancarottiere
    someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
    naufrago
    a shipwrecked person
    vittima
    someone injured or killed in an accident
    carcerato, detenuto, galeotto
    a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
    relitto, scalzacane
    a person who is destitute
    eretico
    a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
    ostaggio
    a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
    bersaglio, preda, sagoma, segno
    a person who is hunted
    lebbroso
    a pariah who is avoided by others
    martire, vittima
    one who suffers for the sake of principle
    martire
    one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
    nevrastenico
    a person suffering a nervous breakdown
    latore
    one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
    paziente, ricoverato
    a person who requires medical care
    omiciattolo
    someone you feel sorry for
    girovago, senza casa, vagabondo, viandante
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
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