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, 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, 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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1. John Curtice:

   We knew that voters were unhappy with the way that the Conservatives had handled Brexit but looks as though they are also unhappy with Labour's response to the government's position on Brexit.

2. Mahamdi Mande:

   I am unhappy because I lost my colleague and I am unhappy with the way the government is dealing with this.

3. Dennis Prager:

   Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if you don't believe me, ask a child what it's like to grow up with an unhappy parent, or ask parents what they suffer if they have an unhappy child.

4. Leo Tolstoy:

   All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

5. Jean Kerr:

   You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.