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单词 unhappiness
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unhappinessn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhapɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈhæpinᵻs/
Etymology: un- prefix1 6.
1.
a. Misfortune, mishap, ill luck.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck
un-i-limpOE
unlimpc1175
mishap?c1225
unhap?c1225
mishappeningc1230
ames-ace?a1300
misadventure?a1300
ill hailc1300
misauntera1325
untiminga1325
miscasec1325
mischancec1325
misfall1340
misfarea1387
casec1390
infortunea1393
mishapping?a1400
unchancea1400
disadventurea1413
mischieving1432
infortuny?a1439
encumbermentc1440
misfortune1441
evil hail?c1450
malfortunea1470
unhappiness1470
maleurtee?1473
malheur?1473
evil health1477
unfortune1483
wanfortunea1500
disfortune1509
wanhap1513
ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518
mislucka1530
ill luck1548
unfortunacy?c1550
evilfare1556
unluck1556
hard luck1567
bad luck1575
miscasualty1588
disgrace1590
wanchance1599
disventure1612
misaccident1620
miscarriagec1625
hard lines1722
mishanter1754
malefit1755
miscanter1781
hard cheese1854
hard cheddar1893
schlimazel1911
tough luck1912
snake eyes1918
catch-arse1970
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. vii. 221 Vnhappely he hath donne this day thorou myshappe;..and other dedes he dyde beforne ryght merueyllous and thorou vnhappynes.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 70 Now have I tolde you all the veray trouthe Of my wofull chaunce and great unhappynesse.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. iii. f. 17v Whose feete are swyfte to shedde bloude, in whose wayes ys sorrowe and vnhappynesse.
1621 G. Wither Motto (new ed.) sig. C1v I haue not that vnhappinesse, to be A Rich Mans Sonne.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A4v Yet the naturall right of Preservation..will not admit it to be a Vice, though it confesse it to be an Unhappinesse.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 37 It was our unhappiness to have..a very violent storm of Thunder, and Rain.
1753 R. Shiels & T. Cibber Lives Poets Great Brit. & Irel. I. 18 Lamenting the unhappiness of a fluctuating language, that buries in its ruins even genius itself.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 76 I,..here lie thrown by whom I know not, all thro' mere unhappiness—Device and sorcery and unhappiness.
b. Unfavourable character.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character
contrariositya1340
badness1539
iniquity?c1550
naughtiness1550
thrawardness1567
perverseness1578
crossness1641
awkwardness1674
unhappiness1704
unpropitiousness1756
unfavourableness1765
untowardness1779
contrariousness1853
1704 tr. P. Baldæus True Descr. Malabar & Coromandel in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 659/2 The Unhappiness of the Climate.
2. Evil, wrongdoing, mischief. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun]
burstc1000
harmOE
scatheOE
teenOE
evil healc1175
waningc1175
hurt?c1225
quede?c1225
balec1275
damage1300
follyc1300
grill13..
ungain13..
torferc1325
eviltyc1330
wem1338
impairment1340
marring1357
unhend1377
sorrowc1380
pairingc1384
pairmentc1384
mischiefc1385
offencec1385
appairment1388
hindering1390
noyinga1398
bresta1400
envya1400
wemminga1400
gremec1400
wilc1400
blemishing1413
lesion?a1425
nocument?a1425
injuryc1430
mischieving1432
hindrance1436
detrimenta1440
ill1470
untroth1470
diversity1484
remordc1485
unhappinessc1485
grudge1491
wriguldy-wrag?1520
danger1530
dishort1535
perishment1540
wreaka1542
emperishment1545
impeachment1548
indemnity1556
impair1568
spoil1572
impeach1575
interestc1575
emblemishing1583
mishap1587
endamagement1593
blemishment1596
mischievance1600
damnificationa1631
oblesion1656
mishanter1754
vitiation1802
mar1876
jeel1887
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmful mischief > [noun]
quede?c1225
follyc1300
unhend1377
envya1400
untroth1470
diversity1484
unhappinessc1485
wriguldy-wrag?1520
jeel1887
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 627 Thys traytour..That doth this vnhappynes a-gayns all!
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQvi Manasses was as the pyt & synke of all fylthe of syn and vnhappynesse.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John vii. 57 Readye to be hiered to do all unhappinesse.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 156 (margin) Such as would play Bo-peepe and hide themselves when they had done some unhappinesse.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbbv/2 A wild boy, That for the fruits of his unhappinesse, Is faigne to seek the wars.
3. The condition of being unhappy in mind.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun]
unselthc888
ermtheOE
unselea1023
wellawayOE
wretchhead1154
wandrethc1175
woec1175
wanea1200
wretchdom?c1225
yomernessc1250
balec1275
un-i-selec1275
wan-siðc1275
unseelinessa1300
wretchedheada1300
cursedness1303
wretcheddomc1320
wrechea1325
wretchnessa1330
tribulationc1330
wretchednessa1340
caitifty1340
meeknessa1382
unwealsomeness1382
infelicityc1384
caitifhedea1400
ill liking?a1400
sorea1400
ungleea1400
unweala1400
caitifnessc1400
deploration1490
caitifdoma1500
woefulnessa1513
misery1527
miserity1533
mishappinessa1542
unwealfulnessa1555
tribulance1575
miserableness1613
agony1621
desolatenessa1626
unblissa1628
unhappiness1722
misère1791
shadow1855
valley1882
miz1918
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature (1724) vi. 143 No doubt there is to every wrong and vitious act a suitable degree of unhappiness and punishment annext.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1758 I. 179 As easy and pleasant a state of existence, as constitutional unhappiness ever permitted him to enjoy.
1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. i. 191 Hence..too often arise indifference and unhappiness between those whom Nature has formed..to suit each other.
1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 10 By unhappiness is intended, pain and the privation of pleasure.
1895 R. Baughan Palmistry 27 A star on Venus means unhappiness caused by love.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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