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 Definitions of unhappy  [ʌnˈhæp i]  

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Definition of 'unhappy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) unhappy
sad; miserable; wretched.

2.  unhappy
unfortunate; unlucky.

3.  unhappy
unfavorable; inauspicious:
an unhappy omen.

4.  unhappy
infelicitous; unsuitable:
an unhappy choice of words.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'unhappy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) unhappy
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. (adj) dysphoric, distressed, unhappy
generalized feeling of distress

3. (adj) unhappy
causing discomfort
"the unhappy truth"

4. (adj) infelicitous, unhappy
marked by or producing unhappiness
"infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series


Definition of 'unhappy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) unhappy
sad, not content
She looked so unhappy sitting by herself.; an unhappy marriage

2.  unhappy
disappointed or dissatisfied
unhappy with the way she had been treated; He stared unhappily out of the window.; unhappiness at work; public unhappiness with air fares


Definition of 'unhappy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) unhappy
not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn

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

3. (adj) unhappy
marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day

4. (adj) unhappy
mischievous; wanton; wicked


Translation of 'unhappy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: sad or miserable
He had an unhappy childhood.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ongelukkig Arabic flag Arabic: تَعيس، بائِس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тежко
Brazilian flag Brazilian: infeliz Czech flag Czech: nešťastný German flag German: traurig
Danish flag Danish: ulykkelig Greek flag Greek: δυστυχισμένος, λυπημένος Spanish flag Spanish: infeliz
Estonian flag Estonian: õnnetu Farsi flag Farsi: غمگین؛ فلاکت بار Finnish flag Finnish: onneton
French flag French: malheureux Hebrew flag Hebrew: לא מְאוּשָר Hindi flag Hindi: अप्रसन्न
Croatian flag Croatian: nesretan Hungarian flag Hungarian: boldogtalan Indonesian flag Indonesian: sedih, tidak bahagia
Icelandic flag Icelandic: óhamingjusamur Italian flag Italian: infelice Japanese flag Japanese: 不幸な
Korean flag Korean: 불운한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nelaimingas Latvian flag Latvian: nelaimīgs
Malay flag Malay: tdk gembira Dutch flag Dutch: ongelukkig Norwegian flag Norwegian: ulykkelig, lei seg
Polish flag Polish: nieszczęśliwy Portuguese flag Portuguese: infeliz Romanian flag Romanian: nefericit
Russian flag Russian: несчастливый Slovak flag Slovak: nešťastný Slovenian flag Slovenian: nesrečen
Serbian flag Serbian: nesrećan Swedish flag Swedish: olycklig Thai flag Thai: ทุกข์ใจ
Turkish flag Turkish: mutsuz,üzgün Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 不快樂的,不幸福的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нещасливий; нещасний
Urdu flag Urdu: ناخوش، بدقسمت Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: buồn rầu, khổ sở Chinese flag Chinese: 不快的,不幸福的

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