Definitions for UNHAPPY
ʌnˈhæp iun·hap·py

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

2. dysphoric, distressed, unhappyadjective

   generalized feeling of distress

3. unhappyadjective

   causing discomfort

   "the unhappy truth"

4. infelicitous, unhappyadjective

   marked by or producing unhappiness

   "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhappyadjective

   Not happy; sad.

2. unhappyadjective

   Not satisfied; unsatisfied.

3. unhappyadjective

   Not lucky; unlucky.

4. unhappyadjective

   Not suitable; unsuitable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unhappyadjective

   Wretched; miserable; unfortunate; calamitous; distressed.

   Desire of wand’ring this unhappy morn. John Milton.

   You know not, while you here attend,
   Th’ unworthy fate of your unhappy friend:
   Breathless he lies, and his unbury’d ghost
   Depriv’d of funeral rites. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhappy

   Unhappy refers to a state of being saddened, discontented, or dissatisfied. It typically results from unfortunate circumstances, unpleasant experiences or a general negative mental or emotional state. It is the opposite of feeling joyful, content or satisfied.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unhappyadjective

   not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn

2. Unhappyadjective

   in a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct

3. Unhappyadjective

   marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day

4. Unhappyadjective

   mischievous; wanton; wicked

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unhappy

   un-hap′i, adj. not happy or fortunate: miserable: marked by evil: (Shak.) mischievous, wicked.—adj. Unhapp′ied (Shak.), made unhappy.—adv. Unhapp′ily, in an unhappy or unfortunate manner: (Shak.) censoriously.—n. Unhapp′iness, the state of being unhappy: misfortune: misery: (Shak.) a mischievous prank.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'UNHAPPY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4686

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'UNHAPPY' in Adjectives Frequency: #618

How to pronounce UNHAPPY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say UNHAPPY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of UNHAPPY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of UNHAPPY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of UNHAPPY in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Baker:

   I remember when she cut her hair, he was very unhappy about it. Yup, his world.

2. Aldous Huxley:

   When one's ill or unhappy, one needs something outside oneself to hold one up. It is a good thing, I think, when one has been knocked out of one's balance . to have some external job or duty to hang on to.

3. Louis DeSipio:

   President-elect Trump set out broad principles, and wasn’t specific about some policies, there will always be people who are unhappy about an election. In any election, you can see a complete reversal of fortunes. The challenge for any president in this situation is to build bridges to some of his former opponents.

4. William Temple:

   There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.

5. 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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=UNHAPPY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unhappy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=UNHAPPY
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/UNHAPPY
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=UNHAPPY