English > unhappy: 4 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent. |
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| Examples | - "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"
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| Attribute of | happiness | emotions experienced when in a state of well-being |
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| happiness, felicity | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy |
| Narrower | lovesick | languishing because of love / love |
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| miserable, suffering, wretched | Very unhappy |
| See also | dejected | affected or marked by low spirits |
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| depressing, cheerless, uncheerful | Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
| discontented, discontent | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
| dysphoric, distressed, unhappy | Generalized feeling of distress |
| infelicitous | not appropriate in application |
| joyless | not experiencing or inspiring joy |
| sad | Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness |
| sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
| Opposite | happy | enjoying / enjoying / enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure |
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| Spanish | infeliz, triste |
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| Catalan | infeliç, trist |
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| Nouns | unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
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| unhappiness | state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief |
