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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNHAP'PY, a.
1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
2. Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy.
3. Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as an unhappy day.
This unhappy morn.
4. Mischievous; irregular.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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]
2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: dysphoric, distressed, unhappy] [ant: euphoric]
3: causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth"
4: marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series [syn: infelicitous, unhappy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. not fortunate ; unlucky <an unhappy coincidence> 2. not cheerful or glad ; sad, wretched 3. a. causing or subject to misfortune ; inauspicious b. infelicitous, inappropriate <an unhappy choice> • unhappiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (unhappier, unhappiest) 1 not happy, miserable. 2 unsuccessful, unfortunate. 3 causing misfortune. 4 disastrous. 5 inauspicious. Derivatives: unhappily adv. unhappiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unhappy Un*hap"py, a. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unhappier, unhappiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are unhappy, you are sad and depressed. Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy... He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man... = miserable ? happy ADJ • unhappily 'I don't have your imagination,' King said unhappily. ...an unhappily married woman. ADV: usu ADV with v • unhappiness There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you are unhappy about something, you are not pleased about it or not satisfied with it. He has been unhappy with his son's political leanings... I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence... A lot of Republicans are unhappy that the government isn't doing more. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about/at n/-ing, ADJ that • unhappiness He has, by submitting his resignation, signalled his unhappiness with the government's decision. N-UNCOUNT: oft N with/about n, N that 3. An unhappy situation or choice is not satisfactory or desirable. ...this unhappy chapter in the history of relations between our two countries... ...unhappy experiences of writing for television. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unfortunate, unlucky, infelicitous. 2. Wretched, miserable, distressed, afflicted, sorrowful, heart-sick. 3. Grievous, disastrous, calamitous, severe, trying, painful, unfortunate, unlucky, sad, afflicting, afflictive, distressing, deplorable, dire. 4. Unpropitious, unlucky, malign, inauspicious, sinister, evil.

Moby Thesaurus

Sad, 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, 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