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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How to use unhappy in a sentence?

1. Antonin Artaud:

   Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.

2. David Sabatini:

   I have learned from reading the HAS report and recent press articles, that there were a few lab trainees who were unhappy with my interactions with them. I deeply regret this and would welcome any opportunity to apologize to those impacted. I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable and would never want anyone to feel less than 100% happy in my lab, if I am able to run another lab in the future, I will be extra vigilant to make sure that all lab members feel welcome and I will institute measures to uncover potential issues even if they are not brought to my attention. I would also be extra careful about the use of language that might, even if unintentionally, make someone feel less appreciated or uncomfortable in the lab.

3. Richard Grossman:

   With the increase in shareholder activism, one effect of this kind of director engagement is the ability to get a feel for nascent shareholder unhappiness, are they unhappy with the direction of the company...or with capital allocation? It’s a way for board members to get direct and unfiltered views from shareholders.

4. Donald Trump:

   Everyone has agreed to substantially up their commitment. They're going to up it at levels that they never thought of before, i told people that I'd be very unhappy if they didn't up their financial commitments substantially.

5. Dwayne Johnson:

   In my twenties, it all hit so fast and so big that it was a little overwhelming — wonderful, obviously, and I’m very grateful for it. But it got to a level also where the kinds of things that I was being offered were not the kinds of things I want to do, i was constantly being offered horror films, because I was known for horror films. Or bad romantic comedies. I just wasn’t interested in the scripts and I was feeling a bit unhappy with the things that were coming to me. And I was feeling a little bored with the whole thing. I thought, ‘I want a change.’ So, I moved to London.