unhappy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈhæpi/
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Etymology
From Middle English unhappy; equivalent to un- + happy.
Meanings
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Not happy; sad.
I am unhappy.
A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.
1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera:
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Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
An unhappy customer is unlikely to return to your shop.
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(dated) Not lucky; unlucky.
The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star.
The pointed shaft of the cart had entered the breast of the unhappy Prince like a sword, and from the wound his life's blood was spouting in a stream, and falling with a hiss into the road.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 56:
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(dated) Not suitable; unsuitable.
The people, if they are not strangely bent Against our welfare, never will consent To this unhappy match, foreboding ill: What's it to us, if th' adverse nation will?
1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhappiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most unhappy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unhappy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| unhappier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
joyful · glad · happy · delighted · exuberant · joyous
Deriveds
unhappy number · unhappy triad · unhappiness · unhappily
Synonyms
fortuneless · down on one's luck · Plutonic · out of place · unconsolable · spiritless · downsome · disgruntled · woebegone · lumpish · peak · unfortunate · lamentable · grieving · lugubrious · down · mischanceful · inept · triste · sorrowful · crestfallen · out of line · dismal · hapless · woeful · inopportune · discommensurate · damp · downcast · low-spirited · sombre · jawfallen · improper · infelicitous · lamentful · sorrow-ridden · morose · solemn · uncheerful · low · dull · chopfallen · misadventurous · unlively · inauspicious · woe · unfit · querulous · down in the mouth · wistful · unhappy · unseemly · tristful · despondent · inconsolable · sad · passionate · cheerless · atrabiliary · elegious · grief-stricken · malapropos · unfit · unhappy · out of order · down in the dumps · inappropriate · doleful · dolesome · snakebit · wretched · atrabilious · infortunate · ill-fated · joyless · wanchancy · inapt · cut up · melancholic · luckless · chapfallen · Plutonian · downhearted · disconsolate · dispirited · forlorn · shattered · melancholy · blue · unhappy · lachrymose · saddened · dissatisfied · bummed out · blitheless · bad · depressed · unlucky · moody · heartsore · threnetic · infelicitous · gloomy · ill-boding · sullen · sad · inappropriate · ruthful · saturnine · dejected · disheartened · miserable · unpropitious · unpropitious · uncontented · uncheery · heartsick · mournful · heavy-hearted · plaintive · misfortuned · unsuitable · unchancy · unfavourable · sorrowsome · hapless · unapt · mopey · threnetical · glum · incommensurate · elegiac · ill-starred · thwart
Translations (100)
da upassende (not suitable; unsuitable) · cmn 不高興 /不高兴 (not happy; sad) · it egro (not happy; sad) · sv olycklig (not happy; sad) · bg неудовлетворён (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · it triste (not happy; sad) · cmn 不適合 /不适合 (not suitable; unsuitable) · fr triste (not happy; sad) · ru гру́стный (not happy; sad) · it afflitto (not happy; sad) · sk nešťastný (not suitable; unsuitable) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (not happy; sad) · fi tyytymätön (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · ar لَعُوق (not happy; sad) · cmn 不愉快 (not happy; sad) · ka უიღბლო (not lucky; unlucky) · nb ulykkelig (not happy; sad) · ca infeliç (not happy; sad) · ang wansǣliġ (not happy; sad) · sh несретан (not happy; sad) · it infelice (not happy; sad) · it avvilito (not happy; sad) · cs nešťastný (not happy; sad) · cmn 不適宜 /不适宜 (not suitable; unsuitable) · fr mécontent (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · it rattristato (not happy; sad) · de unglücklich (not happy; sad) · cmn 不適當 /不适当 (not suitable; unsuitable) · it iellato (not lucky; unlucky) · it inadatto (not suitable; unsuitable) · it depresso (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · bg нещастен (not happy; sad) · cmn 不滿意 /不满意 (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · tr mutsuz (not happy; sad) · ka ნაღვლიანი (not happy; sad) · sk nešťastný (not happy; sad) · la tristis (not happy; sad) · it demoralizzato (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · eo malfeliĉa (not happy; sad) · ps خواشينی (not happy; sad) · ps غمجن (not happy; sad) · it sfortunato (not lucky; unlucky) · nn ulykkeleg (not happy; sad) · fi epäonninen (not lucky; unlucky) · fi sopimaton (not suitable; unsuitable) · da uheldig (not lucky; unlucky) · ru печа́льный (not happy; sad) · fi onneton (not happy; sad) · nn ulukkeleg (not happy; sad) · cmn 倒霉 (not lucky; unlucky) · it scontento (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · ru неуда́чный (not lucky; unlucky) · ru недово́льный (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · ht malere (not happy; sad) · tr üzgün (not happy; sad) · grc μέλεος (not happy; sad) · hy դժգոհ (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · cmn 不開心 /不开心 (not happy; sad) · ka მწუხარე (not happy; sad) · it mesto (not happy; sad) · pt infeliz (not happy; sad) · sk nespokojný (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · et õnnetu (not happy; sad) · da utilfreds (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · ro nefericit (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · hy դժբախտ (not happy; sad) · ps خپه (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · it mogio (not happy; sad) · ka უბედო (not lucky; unlucky) · kw moredhek (not happy; sad) · grc δύστηνος (not happy; sad) · ru несчастли́вый (not happy; sad) · bg неподходя́щ (not suitable; unsuitable) · sh nesretan (not happy; sad) · it sfigato (not lucky; unlucky) · ka უბედური (not lucky; unlucky) · ps خپه (not happy; sad) · ka უხეირო (not lucky; unlucky) · it sconfortato (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · cmn 傷心 /伤心 (not happy; sad) · pt triste (not happy; sad) · ka სევდიანი (not happy; sad) · es infeliz (not happy; sad) · fr malheureux (not happy; sad) · bg неудачен (not lucky; unlucky) · ka დარდიანი (not happy; sad) · ru неудовлетворённый (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · it abbacchiato (not happy; sad) · it malinconico (not happy; sad) · sk nešťastný (not lucky; unlucky) · ka შეუფერებელი (not suitable; unsuitable) · ru несча́стный (not happy; sad) · it amareggiato (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · ka უკმაყოფილო (not satisfied; unsatisfied) · ru неподходя́щий (not suitable; unsuitable) · da ulykkelig (not happy; sad) · cmn 不幸運 /不幸运 (not lucky; unlucky) · ro nefericit (not happy; sad) · hy դժբախտ (not lucky; unlucky) · it infelice (not suitable; unsuitable)