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Synonyms for unhappy
ʌnˈhæp iun·hap·py
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Wiktionary
unhappyadjective
unhappyadjective
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unhappy
Synonyms:
broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unfortunate, unlucky, woful, wretchedAntonyms:
favored, fortunate, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
unhappy
Synonyms:
miserable, wretched, distressed, afflicted, painful, disastrous, drear, dismal
Princeton's WordNet
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, infelicitousAntonyms:
halcyon, happy, golden, blissful, fortunate, bright, laughing(a), blessed, pleasant, prosperous, riantdysphoric, distressed, unhappyadjective
generalized feeling of distress
Synonyms:
worried, disquieted, in a bad way(p), disturbed, distressed, infelicitous, unhappy, hard-pressed, dysphoric, hard put, stressed, upsetAntonyms:
halcyon, prosperous, bright, blessed, blissful, golden, happy, fortunate, riant, laughing(a), pleasantunhappyadjective
causing discomfort
"the unhappy truth"
Synonyms:
distressed, dysphoric, infelicitousAntonyms:
riant, blissful, bright, laughing(a), pleasant, blessed, prosperous, halcyon, fortunate, golden, happyinfelicitous, unhappyadjective
marked by or producing unhappiness
"infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series
Synonyms:
distressed, unhappy, infelicitous, dysphoricAntonyms:
bright, blissful, halcyon, happy, riant, fortunate, blessed, golden, laughing(a), prosperous, pleasant
Editors Contribution
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unhappyadjective
Synonyms:
wretched, miserable, distressed, afflictedunhappyadjective
Synonyms:
grievous, disastrous, calamitous, sore, severe, hard, trying, painful, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, sad, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, deplorable, dire
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unhappyadjective
Synonyms:
infelicitous, unfortunate, miserable, wretched, sad, sorrowful, disconsolate, woeful, distressed, heart-sick, mournful, lugubrious, deplorable, calamitous, distressing, grievous, inauspicious, unpropitious, malign
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unhappy":
unfortunate, dissatisfied, miserable, sad, displeased, disgruntled, unappy, unpleasant, disaffected, unlucky, hapless, wretched, disappointed, discontented
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2535 | broken | |
#5071 | sad | |
#7488 | fallen | |
#7759 | disturbed | |
#8343 | worried | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9423 | upset | |
#9704 | disappointed | |
#10895 | stressed | |
#12840 | unfortunate | |
#14263 | crushed | |
#14572 | unhappy | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#18616 | unpleasant | |
#19943 | distressed | |
#20952 | dissatisfied | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28700 | afflicted | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#32663 | unlucky | |
#37514 | disgruntled | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#58010 | displeased | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#94684 | discontented | |
#119598 | dysphoric | |
#169244 | drear | |
#226799 | disquieted |
How to use unhappy in a sentence?
I just want to tell you what happens when I get to work, i have to clean up the poop and the pee off of my doorstep. I have to clean up the syringes. I have to fight off people that push their way into my shop that are homeless and on drugs because you wont arrest them for drug offenses. I have to apologize to my clients. So I want to know what youre going to do for us, the ones that are unhappy.
Children Research director Corey DeAngelis:
Forcing millions of kids into a one-size-fits-all school system is destined to fail because families disagree about how they would like their children educated, families have differing values and preferences, and that's okay. The government school system forces parents into unnecessary conflict, and at the end of the day, many families are left unhappy with the result.
Russians have become poor, they are not welcome anywhere. Then there's less of facilities, supplies, now people would get just more poor and more unhappy. And I don't know what the future can be for the country which is isolated.
Identify the things and people that make you feel unhappy and eliminate them from your life. Nothing good can come from them."
When I watch that film back, I can see where I was then, which was fairly lost, and unhappy, and an alcoholic.
Translations for unhappy
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- infeliçCatalan, Valencian
- nešťastnýCzech
- unglücklichGerman
- malfeliĉaEsperanto
- infelizSpanish
- malheureux, triste, mécontentFrench
- դժգոհ, դժբախտArmenian
- infeliceItalian
- 不幸Japanese
- ulykkeligNorwegian
- غمجن, خپه, خواشينیPashto, Pushto
- infeliz, tristePortuguese
- несча́стный, неподходя́щий, несчастли́вый, недово́льный, неудовлетворённый, неуда́чный, гру́стный, печа́льныйRussian
- несретан, nesretanSerbo-Croatian
- üzgün, mutsuzTurkish
- ומגליקלעךYiddish
- 不快乐Chinese
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