a. | 1. | Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; |
2. | In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; | |
3. | Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; | |
4. | Mischievous; wanton; wicked. |
Adj. | 1. | unhappy - 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" Antonyms: happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
2. | unhappy - generalized feeling of distress Synonyms: dysphoric, distressed | |
3. | unhappy - causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth" | |
4. | unhappy - marked by or producing unhappiness; "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series Synonyms: infelicitous |