Unhappiness
[ʌn'hæpinis]
Definition
(noun.) state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief.
Editor: Martin--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Wretchedness, misery, distress, affliction, woe.[2]. Misfortune, calamity, disaster.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Misery, wretchedness, distress, woe,[See AWKWARD]
Editor: Philip
Examples
- It was the unhappiness of a fine brain that seeks employment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My dearest girl, dearer to me than anything in life, if you are unhappy, let me share your unhappiness. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I saw no cause for their unhappiness; but I was deeply affected by it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He was afraid of his family unhappiness being dragged before the world. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Moreover, there is a sort of unhappiness which not only depresses, but corrodes; and that, I fear, is your portion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Most of the former are manifestly unscrupulous adventurers who try to utilize the public necessity and unhappiness for their own advancement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Through all these changes of unhappiness, however, it had never lost its hold on Clennam's mind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Still, Pet's happiness or unhappiness is quite a life or death question with us; and we may be excused, I hope, for making much of it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is noble in you to tell me that you have other causes of unhappiness. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Upon my word I would rather suffer anything myself, than cause unhappiness to those that love me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Three things in particular may be cited to sustain the opinion that this period was a period of widespread unhappiness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is this to prognosticate peace, or to mock at my unhappiness? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Presently, he proceeded as before: 'It only remains for me, to bear the knowledge of the unhappiness I have occasioned, as submissively as I can. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You, returned I, are not the only person in affliction; but, never mind, talk to me, my good woman, of anything except my unhappiness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Extreme unhappiness weighed visibly upon her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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