'Unhappy' definitions:
Definition of 'unhappy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: happy]
adjective
adjective
Causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth"
adjective
Marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series [syn: infelicitous, unhappy]
Definition of 'Unhappy'
From: GCIDE
- Unhappy \Un*hap"py\, a.
- 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. "The unhappy morn." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*hap"pi*ly}, adv. -- {Un*hap"pi*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unhappy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- against,
- anguished,
- anxious,
- awkward,
- bad,
- badly off,
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- black,
- bleak,
- blue,
- bored,
- bumbling,
- cheerless,
- clumsy,
- complaining,
- complaintful,
- con,
- crabbing,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- crestfallen,
- croaking,
- cursed,
- dejected,
- depressant,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- dire,
- disagreeable,
- disappointed,
- disapprobatory,
- disapproving,
- disastrous,
- disconsolate,
- discontented,
- disenchanted,
- disgruntled,
- disgusted,
- disillusioned,
- dismal,
- dispirited,
- dispiriting,
- displeased,
- displeasing,
- dissatisfied,
- dissenting,
- distressed,
- donsie,
- doomful,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- dreary,
- envious,
- evil-starred,
- fatal,
- faultfinding,
- forlorn,
- fortuneless,
- funest,
- futile,
- gauche,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- graceless,
- grim,
- griping,
- grouchy,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- halting,
- hapless,
- heavy-handed,
- heavyhearted,
- humorless,
- ill off,
- ill-advised,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fated,
- ill-omened,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-starred,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- in adverse circumstances,
- in bad humor,
- inadvisable,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- indignant,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- infestive,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- irrelevant,
- joyless,
- lachrymose,
- late,
- long-faced,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- luckless,
- mal a propos,
- maladroit,
- malapropos,
- malcontent,
- malcontented,
- melancholy,
- mirthless,
- miserable,
- mistimed,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- nauseated,
- nauseous,
- off base,
- ominous,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- oppressive,
- out of humor,
- out of line,
- out of luck,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of sorts,
- out of time,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- planet-struck,
- pleasureless,
- poor,
- premature,
- prey to malaise,
- querulant,
- querulous,
- rebellious,
- repelled,
- resentful,
- restive,
- restless,
- revolted,
- rotten,
- sad,
- Sad,
- saddened,
- short of luck,
- sickened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- sorryish,
- sour,
- star-crossed,
- suffering angst,
- sulky,
- tearful,
- too late,
- too soon,
- turned-off,
- unaccepting,
- unaccommodating,
- unappreciative,
- unapproving,
- unbefitting,
- unblessed,
- uncheerful,
- uncheery,
- uncomplimentary,
- underprivileged,
- undesirable,
- uneasy,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhandy,
- unjoyful,
- unlucky,
- unmeet,
- unmirthful,
- unpleasant,
- unprofitable,
- unpropitious,
- unprosperous,
- unprovidential,
- unquiet,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unsatisfied,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsmiling,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- whiny,
- wooden,
- wretched,
- wrong