Unhappy
[ʌn'hæpɪ] or [ʌn'hæpi]
Definition
(adj.) experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; '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 so sad' .
(adj.) causing discomfort; 'the unhappy truth' .
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Definition
(a.) Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
(a.) In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
(a.) Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.
(a.) Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
Checker: Roy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wretched, miserable, distressed, afflicted.[2]. Grievous, disastrous, calamitous, sore, severe, hard, trying, painful, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, sad, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, deplorable, dire.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Miserable, wretched, distressed, afflicted, painful, disastrous, drear, dismal,[See BUSS]
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Definition
adj. not happy or fortunate: miserable: marked by evil: (Shak.) mischievous wicked.—adj. Unhapp′ied (Shak.) made unhappy.—adv. Unhapp′ily in an unhappy or unfortunate manner: (Shak.) censoriously.—n. Unhapp′iness the state of being unhappy: misfortune: misery: (Shak.) a mischievous prank.
Checker: Vernon
Examples
- Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, well, said he, do not make yourself unhappy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He may not give pleasure, he may not bring comfort, but, on the contrary, may make those to whose hearts he comes very unhappy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I cannot help being unhappy, but I do not mean to be reproachful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As if you had anything to make you unhappy, instead of everything to make you happy, you ungrateful heart! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm unhappy, very often. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Poor Lorne is unhappy and, what is worse, thought I, he will soon hate me! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mrs. John Knightley is easily alarmed, and might be made unhappy about her sister. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This unhappy marriage of mine to be perpetuated in that child's name! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It seemed cruel to keep that pitiless inscription still staring from the walls after the unhappy wretch had been in his grave five hundred years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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