sciagurato

wretched

adjective shah-goo-RAH-toh Rare

Also means

ill-fated

Usage Note

Sciagurato carries a literary, even theatrical flavour. It can describe a person who brings misfortune (uno sciagurato individuo) or an action that turns out disastrously. As a noun, lo sciagurato / la sciagurata means 'the wretch', a stronger and more dramatic word than the neutral sfortunato ('unlucky').

Examples

"È stata una sciagurata decisione abbandonare il progetto."

Natural Translation

It was a wretched decision to abandon the project.

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