unhappy
/ʌnˈhapi
/adjective (unhappier, unhappiest)
1Not happy: an unhappy marriage...
- Bibliotherapy is making a lot of people rich, but it is making unhappy people happier?
- I have been fortunate enough to have had more happy hours than unhappy ones.
- The only difference is that at Christmas we are more aware of how happy or unhappy we are.
Synonyms
sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, morose, regretful, broken-hearted, heartbroken, down, downcast, dispirited, downhearted, heavy-hearted, crestfallen, depressed, melancholy, blue, gloomy, glum, mournful, despairing, doleful, forlorn, woebegone, woeful, tearful, long-faced, joyless, cheerless, out of sorts
informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps, fed up, grumpy
rare lachrymose
1.1 (unhappy at/about/with) Not satisfied or pleased with (a situation): many were unhappy about the scale of the cuts...
- Local activists are very, very unhappy at the way his situation has been handled.
- The teachers were unhappy about the situation and shared the unease of parents in relation to the matter.
- It's not that I'm unhappy about the situation, but it does feel a wee bit overwhelming sometimes.
Synonyms
dissatisfied, displeased, discontented, disappointed, disgruntled;
disapproving of
British informal not best pleased
2Unfortunate: an unhappy coincidence...
- At this point it has been a mixture of some vision and some happy and unhappy accidents.
Synonyms
unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, hapless, ill-starred, ill-fated, star-crossed, ill-omened, doomed, blighted, wretched, miserable;
disadvantageous, adverse
informal jinxed