Unhappy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unhappy \Un*hap"py\, a.
     1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs
        have taken an unhappy turn.
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     2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad;


        sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by
        misconduct.
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     3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy
        day. "The unhappy morn." --Milton.
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     4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*hap"pi*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*hap"pi*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unhappy
       adj 1: 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" [ant: {happy}]
       2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: {dysphoric}, {distressed}]
          [ant: {euphoric}]
       3: causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth"
       4: marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous
          circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot
          through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series
          [syn: {infelicitous}]
       [also: {unhappiest}, {unhappier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  215 Moby Thesaurus words for "unhappy":
     Sad, against, anguished, anxious, awkward, bad, badly off, beefing,
     bellyaching, bitching, black, bleak, blue, bored, bumbling,
     cheerless, clumsy, complaining, complaintful, con, crabbing,
     crabby, cranky, crestfallen, croaking, cursed, dejected,
     depressant, depressed, despondent, dire, disagreeable,
     disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, disastrous,
     disconsolate, discontented, disenchanted, disgruntled, disgusted,
     disillusioned, dismal, dispirited, dispiriting, displeased,
     displeasing, dissatisfied, dissenting, distressed, donsie, doomful,
     down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, envious, evil-starred, fatal,
     faultfinding, forlorn, fortuneless, funest, futile, gauche, gloomy,
     glum, graceless, grim, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling,
     grumbling, halting, hapless, heavy-handed, heavyhearted, humorless,
     ill off, ill-advised, ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fated,
     ill-omened, ill-seasoned, ill-starred, ill-suited, ill-timed,
     impolitic, improper, in adverse circumstances, in bad humor,
     inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incongruous,
     inconvenient, indignant, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous,
     infestive, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant,
     joyless, lachrymose, late, long-faced, low, low-spirited, luckless,
     mal a propos, maladroit, malapropos, malcontent, malcontented,
     melancholy, mirthless, miserable, mistimed, murmuring, muttering,
     nauseated, nauseous, off base, ominous, opposed, opposing,
     oppressive, out of humor, out of line, out of luck, out of phase,
     out of place, out of sorts, out of time, peevish, petulant,
     planet-struck, pleasureless, poor, premature, prey to malaise,
     querulant, querulous, rebellious, repelled, resentful, restive,
     restless, revolted, rotten, sad, saddened, short of luck, sickened,
     sorrowful, sorry, sorryish, sour, star-crossed, suffering angst,
     sulky, tearful, too late, too soon, turned-off, unaccepting,
     unaccommodating, unappreciative, unapproving, unbefitting,
     unblessed, uncheerful, uncheery, uncomplimentary, underprivileged,
     undesirable, uneasy, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate,
     unfulfilled, ungratified, unhandy, unjoyful, unlucky, unmeet,
     unmirthful, unpleasant, unprofitable, unpropitious, unprosperous,
     unprovidential, unquiet, unready, unripe, unsatisfied,
     unseasonable, unseemly, unsmiling, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely,
     untoward, unwise, whiny, wooden, wretched, wrong