English adjective: infelicitous | |||
| 1. | infelicitous not appropriate in application; defective | ||
| Samples | An infelicitous remark. Infelicitous phrasing. The infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy. | ||
| Similar | awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept, unfortunate | ||
| See also | unhappy | ||
| Attribute | felicitousness, felicity | ||
| Antonyms | felicitous | ||
| 2. | infelicitous marked by or producing unhappiness | ||
| Samples | Infelicitous circumstances. Unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes. | ||
| Synonyms | unhappy | ||
| Similar | unfortunate | ||
| Antonyms | fortunate | ||