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Meaning of unhappy in English
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Classifying Adjective
unhappy
Definitions
1.
causing discomfort
Examples
« the unhappy truth »
Synonyms
unpleasant
2.
marked by or producing unhappiness
Examples
« infelicitous circumstances »
« unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes- American Guide Series »
Synonyms
unfortunate
Qualitative Adjective
unhappy
Definitions
1.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Examples
« unhappy over her departure »
« unhappy with her raise »
« after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence »
« had an unhappy time at school »
« the unhappy (or sad) news »
« he looks »
Synonyms
bad
sorry
homesick
nostalgic
lovesick
miserable
suffering
wretched
Antonyms
happy
2.
generalized feeling of distress
Antonyms
euphoric
happy
See also
dejected
unhappy