HyperDic: unhappiness

English > 2 senses of the word *unhappiness*:
NOUN	feeling	unhappiness, sadness	emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
NOUN	state	unhappiness	state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief

unhappiness > pronunciation
Sounds	ahnhhae'piynihs
Rhymes	abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs...

English > *unhappiness*: 2 senses > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
Synonym	sadness
Narrower	cheerlessness, uncheerfulness	A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
	depression	sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
	dolefulness	sadness caused by grief or affliction
	downheartedness, dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness, dispiritedness	A feeling of low spirits
	forlornness, loneliness, desolation	sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
	heaviness	persisting sadness
	melancholy	A feeling of thoughtful sadness
	misery	A feeling of intense unhappiness
	sorrow	An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
	sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness	sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
	weepiness, tearfulness	sadness expressed by weeping
Broader	feeling	The experiencing of affective and emotional states
Opposite	happiness	emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
Spanish	desdicha, infelicidad, melancolía, tristeza
Catalan	desgràcia, dissort, infelicitat, tristesa
Adjectives	unhappy	experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Adjectives	unhappy	generalized feeling of distress

English > *unhappiness*: 2 senses > noun 2, state
Meaning	state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief.
Narrower	embitterment	The state of being embittered
Narrower	sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness	The state of being sad
Broader	emotional state, spirit	The state / state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
Opposite	happiness, felicity	state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
Spanish	desdicha, infelicidad
Catalan	dissort, infelicitat
Adjectives	unhappy	experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

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