unhappiness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From unhappy + -ness or un- + happiness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The feeling of not being happy.
While there may be some truth in the Anna Karenina principle that all happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, we increasingly have a better understanding of what makes for unhappiness and stress in the workplace.
2011 July 15, Cary L Cooper, Stephen Wood, “Happiness at work: why it counts”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhappinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
sorrow · grief · ruth · misery · blues · mirthless · melancholia · regret · tristesse · mishappiness · prosternation · wretchedness · melancholy · despondency · woe · woefare · unhappiness · forlornness · mourn · drearihead · rue · dolefulness · melancholy · sadness · sorrowfulness · depression · heartsore · misery · ill-being · tristfulness · distress · undelight · downheartedness · blueness · infelicity · crestfallenness · dejection
Translations (28)
hu boldogtalanság (feeling of not being happy) · ga anaoibhneas (feeling of not being happy) · de Unglück (feeling of not being happy) · ro nefericire (feeling of not being happy) · eo malfeliĉeco (feeling of not being happy) · ja 不幸 (feeling of not being happy) · de Traurigkeit (feeling of not being happy) · ru несча́стье (feeling of not being happy) · pt infelicidade (feeling of not being happy) · cy anhapusrwydd (feeling of not being happy) · es infelicidad (feeling of not being happy) · tr mutsuzluk (feeling of not being happy) · fi ilottomuus (feeling of not being happy) · cs neštěstí (feeling of not being happy) · eo malfeliĉo (feeling of not being happy) · fr tristesse (feeling of not being happy) · sv olycka (feeling of not being happy) · el δυστυχία (feeling of not being happy) · it infelicità (feeling of not being happy) · sk nešťastie (feeling of not being happy) · nl ongelukkigheid (feeling of not being happy) · pl nieszczęście (feeling of not being happy) · io desfeliceso (feeling of not being happy) · fr infélicité (feeling of not being happy) · bg нещастие (feeling of not being happy) · ca infelicitat (feeling of not being happy) · fr malheur (feeling of not being happy) · sk trápenie (feeling of not being happy)