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Thesaurus: unhappy

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

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  1. a. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
  2. a. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
  3. a. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.
  4. a. Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
  5. adj. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
  6. adj. generalized feeling of distress
  7. adj. causing discomfort
  8. adj. marked by or producing unhappiness
  9. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. 2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. 3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. "The unhappy morn." Milton. 4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] Shak. -- Un*hap"pi*ly, adv. -- Un*hap"pi*ness, n.
  10. j:100 a. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent s. causing discomfort