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- Dictionaryunhappy/ʌnˈhapi/
adjective
- 1. not happy: "an unhappy marriage" Similar Opposite
- 2. unfortunate: "an unhappy coincidence" Similar
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The meaning of UNHAPPY is not fortunate : unlucky. How to use unhappy in a sentence.
Meaning of unhappy in English. unhappy. adjective. uk / ʌnˈhæp.i / us / ʌnˈhæp.i / Add to word list. A2. sad or not satisfied: That's enough to make anyone unhappy. an unhappy marriage. I was very unhappy with the service. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. dejected. depressed. despondent. dispirited. doleful. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted.
adjective. 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”. synonyms: cheerless, depressing, uncheerful.
Unhappy definition: sad; miserable; wretched. See examples of UNHAPPY used in a sentence.
1. adjective. If you are unhappy, you are sad and depressed. Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy. He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man. I thought of my father's unhappy boyhood. Synonyms: sad, depressed, miserable, down More Synonyms of unhappy. unhappily adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
Definition of unhappy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. uk / ʌnˈhæpi / us. unhappy adjective (SAD) Add to word list. A2. sad: an unhappy childhood. Fewer examples. The newspapers dredged up details about the singer's unhappy childhood. Time seems to pass so slowly when you're unhappy. I didn't realize how unhappy she was. The letters lend credence to the idea that he had an unhappy life.
Synonyms for UNHAPPY: sad, depressed, miserable, heartbroken, bad, upset, sorry, worried; Antonyms of UNHAPPY: happy, glad, joyful, joyous, cheerful, delighted, jubilant, ecstatic.
Define unhappy. unhappy synonyms, unhappy pronunciation, unhappy translation, English dictionary definition of unhappy. adj. un·hap·pi·er , un·hap·pi·est 1. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful: unhappy over his friend's departure.
not suitable: an unhappy choice of words. un•hap•pi•ly /ʌnˈhæpəli/ adv.: unhappily married. un•hap•pi•ness, n. [ uncountable] unhappy is an adjective, unhappily is an adverb, unhappiness is a noun: He was very unhappy to hear such bad news.
