What are some opposite words for unhappy?

Antonyms for unhappy
ʌnˈhæp iun·hap·py

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term unhappy.

Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unhappy

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unhappy

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

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  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"

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

    Synonyms:
    distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

  2. dysphoric, distressed, unhappyadjective

    generalized feeling of distress

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

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

  3. unhappyadjective

    causing discomfort

    "the unhappy truth"

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

    Synonyms:
    distressed, dysphoric, infelicitous

  4. infelicitous, unhappyadjective

    marked by or producing unhappiness

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

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

    Synonyms:
    distressed, infelicitous, dysphoric

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. happy

    Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021  

How to use unhappy in a sentence?

  1. Kei Komuro:

    Mako and I would like to build a warm, nice family, happy times, unhappy times, we would like to be together, and we will be indispensable to each other.

  2. AiR:

    Every day has 1440 minutes. Each minute is an opportunity to rejoice or be unhappy, to value life or to waste it, to make a difference or just exist.

  3. Tony La Russa:

    I hear it with one ear, and I see it with one eye. I just know I appreciate (that) they want us to win. And, when we don’t win, they’re unhappy.

  4. Sue Grafton:

    People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given.

  5. The FCA:

    Consumers who are unhappy about PPI should continue to complain to the firms concerned and to the Financial Ombudsman Service if they are not satisfied with the response.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1280happy
#1897successful
#2338golden
#3757bright
#4672glad
#4797lucky
#5538pleasant
#8543blessed
#11926delighted
#13484fortunate
#14572unhappy
#17566favored
#21540prosperous
#23655joyful
#30157joyous
#42326halcyon
#43224blissful
#46323exuberant
#60663prospered

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