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Synonyms for unhappy
ʌnˈhæp iun·hap·py
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Wiktionary
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, 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, 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?
Nobody can make you happy or unhappy except you.
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four.
A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say. "May new sufferings torment your soul."
We call on the legislature to let each half of the state go their separate ways in peace. If western Oregon doesn’t like the risk of being forced to accept the gubernatorial candidate it voted against, then it should simply stop holding our counties captive in this unhappy marriage. Actually, it’s not even as dramatic as a divorce, because we’re not breaking up a family. Moving a state border issimilar to redistrictinga utility provider.
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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