Synonyms for unhappy
ʌnˈhæp iun·hap·py

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1. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   delighted, happy, joyous, exuberant, glad, joyful

2. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   delighted, joyful, glad, exuberant, joyous, happy

3. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   delighted, happy, glad, exuberant, joyous, joyful

4. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   joyous, glad, happy, joyful, exuberant, delighted

5. unhappyadjective

   Antonyms:
   joyful, glad, exuberant, delighted, happy, joyous

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1. unhappy

   Synonyms:
   broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unfortunate, unlucky, woful, wretched

   Antonyms:
   favored, fortunate, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful

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1. unhappy

   Synonyms:
   miserable, wretched, distressed, afflicted, painful, disastrous, drear, dismal

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1. unhappyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

   Antonyms:
   halcyon, happy, golden, blissful, fortunate, bright, laughing(a), blessed, pleasant, prosperous, riant

2. dysphoric, distressed, unhappyadjective

   generalized feeling of distress

   Synonyms:
   worried, disquieted, in a bad way(p), disturbed, distressed, infelicitous, unhappy, hard-pressed, dysphoric, hard put, stressed, upset

   Antonyms:
   halcyon, prosperous, bright, blessed, blissful, golden, happy, fortunate, riant, laughing(a), pleasant

3. unhappyadjective

   causing discomfort

   "the unhappy truth"

   Synonyms:
   distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

   Antonyms:
   riant, blissful, bright, laughing(a), pleasant, blessed, prosperous, halcyon, fortunate, golden, happy

4. infelicitous, unhappyadjective

   marked by or producing unhappiness

   "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series

   Synonyms:
   distressed, unhappy, infelicitous, dysphoric

   Antonyms:
   bright, blissful, halcyon, happy, riant, fortunate, blessed, golden, laughing(a), prosperous, pleasant

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1. unmirthful

   not mirthful or happy, by adding the prefix "un" it becomes synonym for unhappy.

   i had been unmirthful in the past, because of my depression, but now i'm perfectly fine and therefore much more mirthful than i used to be.

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. unhappyadjective

   Synonyms:
   wretched, miserable, distressed, afflicted

2. unhappyadjective

   Synonyms:
   grievous, disastrous, calamitous, sore, severe, hard, trying, painful, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, sad, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, deplorable, dire

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1. unhappyadjective

   Synonyms:
   infelicitous, unfortunate, miserable, wretched, sad, sorrowful, disconsolate, woeful, distressed, heart-sick, mournful, lugubrious, deplorable, calamitous, distressing, grievous, inauspicious, unpropitious, malign

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1. List of paraphrases for "unhappy":

   unfortunate, dissatisfied, miserable, sad, displeased, disgruntled, unappy, unpleasant, disaffected, unlucky, hapless, wretched, disappointed, discontented

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How to use unhappy in a sentence?

1. Dame Edith Sitwell:

   I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.

2. Kim Monaghan:

   People sometimes are in a rut and don't always realize it, they feel something is broken and they feel unhappy.

3. John Walsh:

   He said, 'Be straight with me. Tell me what the odds are. You're the one guy who can tell me the truth,' and I said, 'You know what Ed, 99% of the cases I do have a very unhappy ending. You're lucky to find the remains, if you do.'.

4. Michelle Lee Flores:

   AI services in the workplace already can analyze workers’ e-mails to determine if they feel unhappy about their job, in the same way, AI can use the data-analysis technology (such as data monitoring) to determine if sexually suggestive communications are being sent.

5. Harley Tropin:

   I don't think anyone will be unhappy with the settlement, what they are unhappy with is the tragedy and the settlement does not address that. It does enable them to not be involved for years with litigation.