Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful.
- adjective Not satisfied; displeased or discontented.
- adjective Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky.
- adjective Not suitable; inappropriate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make unhappy.
- Not happy
- Marked by or associated with ill fortune, infelicity, or mishap; inauspicious; ill-omened; calamitous; evil; lamentable.
- Not felicitous; not well suited or appropriate; not apt.
- Not having good hap, fortune, or luck; unfortunate; unlucky.
- Full of tricks; mischievous; tricksy.
- Synonyms Downcast, cheerless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky.
- adjective In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful.
- adjective Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous.
- adjective obsolete Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
happy ;sad . - adjective Not
satisfied ;unsatisfied . - adjective Not
lucky ;unlucky . - adjective Not
suitable ;unsuitable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by or producing unhappiness
- adjective experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
- adjective generalized feeling of distress
- adjective causing discomfort
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LESSON I spokes'man, _one who speaks for others_. cho'rus, _a number of speakers or singers_. apt, _likely; ready_. folks, _people; family_. mis'er a ble, _very unhappy; very poor_. lone'some, _without friends; lonely_. score, _twenty_. wretch'ed, _unhappy; very sad_.
New National Fourth Reader J. Marshall Hawkes
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He was never what we call unhappy, but full of inward joy, which he bequeathed to his disciples in that sublimest of all prayers, 'that they might have his joy fulfilled in themselves.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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In the Rabourdin bureau was a clerk who played the man of courage and audacity, professed the opinions of the Left centre, and rebelled against the tyrannies of Baudoyer as exercised upon what he called the unhappy slaves of that office.
Bureaucracy Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"Did he report you truly, to have used the English word 'unhappy'?"
The Old Helmet 1864
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"Did he report you truly, to have used the English word 'unhappy'?"
The Old Helmet, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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If your child seems cranky, irritable, bossy, or just plain unhappy after eating any of the myriad foods that contain colorings, preservatives like sodium benzoate, or other additives, consider changing your shopping habits.
duh pookie 2009
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If your child seems cranky, irritable, bossy, or just plain unhappy after eating any of the myriad foods that contain colorings, preservatives like sodium benzoate, or other additives, consider changing your shopping habits.
duh pookie 2009
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SAGAL: The survey went over all these tweets, millions of them, and looked for certain unhappy keywords and then looked for the timestamp and the location.
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The results showed that the women in unhappy relationships and the women who remained emotionally hung up on their ex-husbands had decidedly weaker immune responses than the women who were in happier relationships (or were happily out of them).
Is There a Health Advantage to Being Married? | Impact Lab 2010
bilby commented on the word unhappy
I hate being unhappy.
October 15, 2009